FIN 3104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mutual Fund, Municipal Bond, Money Market

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5 Oct 2016

School

Virginia Tech

Department

Finance, Insurance, Business Law

Course

FIN 3104

Professor

Art Keown

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Money market instruments and bonds, ex. debt instruments issued by corporations and by the government , buying bonds. Money market or cash investments - lending investment that are short-term debt or iou"s that have original maturities of one year or less. Cd"s, savings accounts, treasury bills, money market mutual funds. Money market mutual fund - get interest tied to short-term interest rates, professional investment manager invests money for you. Cd"s - money market or cash investment in which you receive a fixed rate of interest and are required to keep your funds on deposit for a set period of time. Treasury bills - short-term notes of debt issued by the federal government. Benefits of money market/cash investments are: liquidity, stability. Drawbacks: interest rates are low, close to rate of inflation. Commercial paper - short-term, unsecured promissory notes sold by corporations for cash.

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Many businesses find it generally more efficient to enlist the services of a financial institution when it comes time to raise capital: IE. Investment Banks: An organization that underwrites and distributes new investment securities and helps business obtain financing. Commercial Banks: The traditional department store type of financing serving a variety of savers and borrowers. Financial Service Corporations: A firm that offers a wide range of financial services, including investment banking, brokerage operations, insurance, and commercial banking. Credit Unions: Cooperative association whose members have a common bond such as employees of the same firm. Pension Funds: Retirement plans funded by corporations or government agencies. Life Insurance Companies: Take annual premium payments and invest these funds in stocks, bonds, or real estate and make payments to beneficiaries of the insured parties. Mutual Funds: Corporations that accept money from savers and then use these funds to buy stocks, long-term bonds, or short-term debt issued by business or government. They typically pool funds to reduce risk by diversification. Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs): Buy a portfolio of stocks of a certain type of business sector. IE. media companies, oil companies, Chinese companies, etc. and then sell their own shares to the public. Hedge Funds: Not regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Typically have large minimum investments of over $1 million and marketed to individuals an institutions with high net worth. Private Equity Companies: Target, buy, and then manage entire firms. Most of the money used to buy these companies is borrowed. Why are the various financial instruments considered claims against a company's future cash flows ?

A couple in their early 30s, Charles and Sherry Ashcroft recently inherited $90,000 from a relative. Charles earns a comfortable income as a sales manager for Transportation Logistics, Inc., and Sherry does equally well as an attorney with a major law firm. Because they have no children and donât need the money, theyâve decided to invest all of the inheritance in stocks, bonds, and perhaps even some money market instruments. However, because theyâre not very familiar with the market, they turn to you for help

1.Construct an investment portfolio that you feel would be right for the Ashcrofts and invest the full $90,000. Put actual stocks, bonds, and/or convertible securities in the portfolio; you may also put up to one-third of the money into short-term securities such as CDs, Treasury bills, money funds, or MMDAs. Select any securities you want, so long as you feel theyâd be suitable for the Ashcrofts. Make sure that the portfolio consists of six or more different securities, and use the latest issue of The Wall Street Journal or an online source such as http://finance.yahoo.com to determine the market prices of the securities you select. Show the amount invested in each security along with the amount of current income (from dividends and/or interest) that will be generated from the investments. Briefly explain why you selected these particular securities for the Ashcroftsâ portfolio.

AN INVENTORY OF INVESTMENT HOLDINGS
Name(s):				Date:


Type of Investment	Description of Investment Vehicle	Date Purchased	Amount of Investment (Quoteâ$ Amount)		Cumulative Amount of Annual Income from Dividends, Interest, etc.	Latest Market Value (Quoteâ$ Amount)	Comments/ Planned Actions

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The study of finance consists of the following interrelated area(s):

a) Financial markets and institutions

b) Financial services

c) Investments

d) Managerial (business finance)

e) All of the above

The liquidity asset is one that can be easily converted to __________ without significant loss of its original value.

a) Bonds

b) Cash

c) Gold

d) Liquid

e) Silver

A goal of financial intermediaries is to improve the economic well-being. Other benefits include:

a) Diversification (risk)

b) Financial flexibility

c) Funds divisibility/pooling

d) Reduced costs

e) Related services

f) All of the above

4.____________ represents the current value of some future amount.

a)Assumed value

b)Future value

c)Present value

d)Zero value

The cost of money (interest rates) is based on (1) the rate of return that borrowers expect to earn on their investments, (2) saversâ preferences to spend income in the current period rather than delay consumption until some future period, _____________________________, and (4) expected inflation.

a) the level of economic activity

b) the risks associated with investments/loans

c) the trade deficit

d) the yield, or return that is earned on an investment

6.Short-term debt includes all of the following EXCEPT:

a)Bankerâs Acceptances

b)Certificates of Deposits (CDâs)

c)Commercial Paper

d)Eurodollar Deposits

e)Federal Funds

f)Government Bonds

g)Money Market Mutual Funds

h)Repurchase Agreements (Repos)

i)Treasury Bills (T-bills)

7.Common stockholders are usually referred to as the owners of the firm because investors in common stock have certain rights and privileges generally associated with ________________.

a)Contracts

b)Income stocks

c)Property ownership

d)Treaties

8.The concept of reducing the stand-alone risk of an individual investment by combining it with other investments to form a portfolio is called ______________.

a)Correlation coefficient

b)Diversification

c)Realized rate of return

d)Risk aversion

9.A _____________ is defined as the cash flows that could be generated from assets the firm already owns if they are not used for the project in question.

a)Balance Sheet

b)Budget

c)Income Statement

d)Opportunity Cost

e)Sunk Cost

To determine its required rate of return, the firm must compute the cost of each source of funds of capital that investors provide; that is, the firm must compute the ___________, the cost of preferred stock, the cost of retained earnings, and the cost of new common equity.

a) Cost of debt

b) Cost of equity

c) Cost of living

d) Cost of unemployment

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FIN 3104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mutual Fund, Municipal Bond, Money Market

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