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《金融市场学》习题

《金融市场学》复习题1、 Common stock is an example of a(n) ______、A) debt security、B) money market security、C) equity security、D) a and b2、 The required return to implement a given business project will be ______ if interest rates are lower、Thisimplies that businesses will demand a ______ quantity of loanable funds when interest rates are lower、A) greater; lower B) lower; greater C) lower; lower D) greater; greater3、The federal government demand for loanable funds is __________、If the budget deficit was expected to increase, the federal government demand for loanable funds would ________、A) interest elastic; decrease B) interest elastic; increaseC) interest inelastic; increase D) interest inelastic; decrease4、 If the real interest rate was negative for a period of time, thenA) inflation is expected to exceed the nominal interest rate in the future、B) inflation is expected to be less than the nominal interest rate in the future、C) actual inflation was less than the nominal interest rate、D) actual inflation was greater than the nominal interest rate、5、 If inflation turns out to be lower than expectedA) savers benefit、B) borrowers benefit while savers are not affected、C) savers and borrowers are equally affected、D) savers are adversely affected but borrowers benefit、6、 Assume that foreign investors who have invested in U、S、securities decide to increase their holdings of U、S、securities、This should cause the supply of loanable funds in the United States to _____ and should place ______ pressure on U、S、interest rates、A) decrease; upward B) decrease; downward C) increase; downward D) increase; upward7、 If economic expansion is expected to decrease, the demand for loanable funds should ______ and interestrates should ______、A) increase; increase B) increase; decrease C) decrease; decrease D) decrease; increase8、 When Japanese interest rates rise, and if exchange rate expectations remain unchanged, the most likelyeffect is that the supply of loanable funds provided by Japanese investors to the United States will ______, and the U、S、interest rates will _______、A) increase; increase B) increase; decrease C) decrease; decrease D) decrease; increase9、 Assume that annualized yields of short-term and long-term securities are equal、If investors suddenly believe interest rates will increase, their actions may cause the yield curve toA) become inverted、B) become flat、C) become upward sloping、D) be unaffected、10、If the liquidity premium exists, a flat yield curve would be interpreted as the market expecting ______in interest rates、A) no changes B) a slight decrease C) a slight increase D) a large increase11、According to the segmented markets theory, if most investors suddenly preferred to invest inshort-term securities and most borrowers suddenly preferred to issue long-term securities there would beA) upward pressure on the price of long-term securities、B) upward pressure on the price of short-term securities、C) downward pressure on the yield of long-term securities、D) a and c12、Other things equal, the yield required on non-callable bonds should be ______ the yield required oncallable bonds whose other characteristics are exactly the same、A) greater than B) equal to C) less thanD) All of the above are possible, depending on the size of the call premium、13、According to expectations theory, the sudden expectation of lower interest rates in the future will causea ______ supply of short-term funds provided by investors, and a ______ supply of long-term funds、A) large; large B) large; small C) small; small D) small; large14、Assume that the Treasury experiences a large decrease in the budget deficit and purchases a large numberof T-bills、This action will _________________ the supply of T-bills in the market and places __________________ pressure on the yield of T-bills、A) decrease; downward B) decrease; upward C) increase; upward D) increase; downward15、 A firm plans to issue 30-day commercial paper for $9,900,000、Par value is $10,000,000、What isthe firm’s cost of borrowing?A) 12、12% B) 11、11% C) 13、00% D) 14、08% E) 15、25%16、 A repurchase agreement calls for an investor to buy securities for $4,925,000 and sell them back in 60days for $5,000,000、What is the yield?A) 9、43% B) 9、28% C) 9、14% D) 9、00%17、Robbins Corp、frequently invests excess funds in the Mexican money market、One year ago, Robbinsinvested in a one-year Mexican money market security that provided a yield of 25%、At the end of the year, when Robbins converted the Mexican pesos to dollars, the peso had depreciated from $、12 to $、11、What is the effective yield earned by Robbins?A) 25、00% B) 35、41% C) 14、59% D) none of the above18、Bullock Corp、purchases certain securities for $4,921,349, with an agreement to sell them back at aprice of $4,950,000 at the end of a 30-day period、The repo rate is ________ %、A) 7、08 B) 6、95 C) 6、99 D) 7、04 E) none of the above19、Assume U、S、interest rates are significantly higher than German rates、 A U、S、firm wantingto issue bonds could achieve a lower financing rate, without exchange rate risk by denominating the bonds inA) dollars、B) marks(德国马克)and making payments from U、S、headquarters、C) marks and making payments from a German subsidiary、D) dollars and making payments from a German subsidiary、20、If interest rates suddenly ____________, those existing bonds that have a call feature are __________likely to be called、A) decline; more B) decline; less C) increase; more D) none of the above21、When financial institutions expect interest rates to ______, they may ______、A) increase; sell bonds and buy short term securitiesB) increase; sell short term securities and buy bondsC) decrease; sell bonds and buy short term securitiesD) B and C22、If the coupon rate ______ the required rate of return, the price of a bond _____ par value、A) equals; equals B) exceeds; is less thanC) is less than; is greater than D) B and CE) none of the above23、As interest rates consistently rise over a specific period, the market price of a bond you own wouldlikely ______ over this period、(Assume no major change in the bond’s default risk、)A) consistently increase B) consistently decrease C) remain unchangedD) change in a direction that cannot be determined with the above information24、If analysts expect that the demand for loanable funds will increase, and the supply of loanable fundswill decrease, they would most likely expect interest rates to ______ and prices of existing bonds to ______、A) increase; increase B) increase; decrease C) decrease; decrease D) decrease; increase25、If bond portfolio managers expect interest rates to increase in the future, they would likely ______ theirholdings of bonds now, which could cause the prices of bonds to ______ as a result of their actions、A) increase; increase B) increase; decrease C) decrease; decrease D) decrease; increase26、If the United States announces that it will borrow an additional $10 billion, this announcement willnormally cause the bond traders to expectA) higher interest rates in the future, and will buy bonds now、B) higher interest rates in the future, and will sell bonds now、C) stable interest rates in the future, and will buy bonds now、D) lower interest rates in the future, and will buy bonds now、E) lower interest rates in the future, and will sell bonds now、27、If the level of inflation is expected to __________, there will be _______________ pressure on interestrates and ____________ pressure on the required rate of return on bonds、A) increase; upward; downward B) decrease; upward; downwardC) decrease; upward; upward D) increase; downward; upwardE) increase; upward; upward28、Using a(n) _____________ strategy, investors allocate funds evenly to bonds in each of severaldifferent maturity classes、A) matching B) laddered C) barbell D) interest rate E) none of the above29、Managers of firms may consider a stock repurchase or even a leveraged buyout when they believe theirstock is ____________ by the market, or a secondary stock offering when they believe their stock is ____________ by the market、A) undervalued; undervalued B) overvalued; overvaluedC) undervalued; overvalued D) overvalued; undervalued E) none of the above30、 A stock’s average return is 10%、The average risk-free rate is 7%、The standard deviation of thestock’s return is 4%, and the stock’s beta is 1、5、What is the Treynor Index for the stock?A) 、03 B) 、75 C) 1、33 D) 、02 E) 5031、 A higher beta of an asset reflectsA) lower risk、B) lower covariance between the asset’s returns and market returns、C) higher covariance between the asset’s returns and the market returns、D) none of the above、32、The arbitrage pricing theory (APT) differs from the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) in that itsuggests that stock pricesA) are influenced only by the market itself、B) can be influenced by a set of factors in addition to the market、C) are not influenced at all by the market、D) cannot be influenced at all by the industry factors、33、If the returns of two stocks are perfectly correlated, thenA) their betas should each equal 1、0、B) the sum of their betas should equal 1、0、C) their correlation coefficient should equal 1、0、D) their portfolio standard deviation should equal 1、0、34、The risk of a short sale is that the stock priceA) may decrease over time、B) will remain the same、C) may increase over time、D) none of the above、35、Sellers (writers) of call options can offset their position at any point in time byA) selling a put option on the same stock、B) buying identical call options、C) selling additional call options on the same stock、D) A and B E) all of the above36、Speculators purchase currency ______ on currencies they expect to ______ against the dollar、A) call options; weaken B) put options; strengthenC) futures; weaken D) put options; weaken37、The premium on an existing call option should ______ when the underlying stock price decreases、A) be negative B) decline C) increase D) be unaffected E) A and B计算题:1、Sorvino Co、is expected to offer a dividend of $3、2 per share per year forever、The required rate ofreturn on Sorvino stock is 13%、According to the dividend discount model, what is the price of a share of Sorvino stock?习题答案:选择题:1-5 CBCDA 6-10 CCDCB 11-15 BCDBA 16-20 CCCCA21-25 AABBC 26-30 BDBCD 31-35 CBCCB 36-37 DB计算题:1、24、62。

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