Title: FIN 402 GUIDE Remember Education--fin402guide.com
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FIN 402 Final Exam Guide FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  FIN 402 Investment
Fundamentals and Portfolio Management Final Exam
Guide True/False
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FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment Capital Markets and
Investment Banking Process Paper FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com  FIN402 Week 1
Assignment Capital Markets and Investment Banking
Process Paper
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FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment Case Problem 1.2
Preparing Carolyn Bowens Investment Plan FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com  Case
Problem 1.2 Preparing Carolyn Bowens Investment
Plan Carolyn Bowen, who just turned 55, is
employed as an administrative assistant for the
Xcon Corporation, where she has worked for the
past 20
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FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment Case Problem 1.2, 2.1,
2.2, 3.1, 12.1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  FIN 402 Week 1
Assignment Case Problem 1.2 Preparing Carolyn
Bowens Investment Plan FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment
Case Problem 2.1 Daras Dilemma What to Buy? FIN
402 Week 1 Assignment Case
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FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment Case Problem 2.1Daras
Dilemma What to Buy? FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  Case Problem
2.1Daras Dilemma What to Buy? Dara Simmons, a
40-year-old financial analyst and divorced mother
of two teenage children, considers herself a
savvy investor. She has increased her
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FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment Case Problem 2.2 Ravi
Dumars High-Flying Margin Account FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com  Case Problem
2.2 Ravi Dumars High-Flying Margin Account Ravi
Dumar is a stockbroker who lives with his wife,
Sasha, and their five children in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin.
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FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment Case Problem 3.1 The
Perezes Good Fortune FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  Case Problem 3.1 The
Perezes Good Fortune Angel and Marie Perez own a
small pool hall located in southern New Jersey.
They enjoy running the business, which they have
owned for nearly three years.
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FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment Case Problem 12.1
Reverend Mark Thomas Ponders Mutual Funds FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com  Case
Problem 12.1 Reverend Mark Thomas Ponders Mutual
Funds The Reverend Mark Thomas is the minister of
a church in the San Diego area. He is married,
has one young child, and earns a modest
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FIN 402 Week 1 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  What is an asset
class? How are asset classes selected? What
factors affect the selection?
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FIN 402 Week 1 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  What are capital
market instruments? How are they used? Which is
most important? Explain your answer.
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FIN 402 Week 1 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  What is a derivative?
What are the different types of derivatives? How
do businesses use derivatives to mitigate risks?
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FIN 402 Week 1 Individual Problem Set FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com  The Problem
Set is provided to you to enable you to practice
the concepts outlined in the textbook. Select
THREE completed problems from the assignment and
post your solutions to those problems.
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FIN 402 Week 1 Individual Weekly Question FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com Submit
your Weekly Questions, with original questions,
in a Microsoft Word or text file. Be sure to show
your work to earn full credit.
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FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Asset Classes Paper
FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com  FIN40
2 Week 2 Assignment Asset Classes Paper
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FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Case Problem 2.1
Traditional Versus Modern Portfolio Theory Whos
Right FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com
 Case Problem 2.1 Traditional Versus Modern
Portfolio Theory Whos Right? Walt Davies and
Shane OBrien are district managers for Lee, Inc.
Over the years, as they moved through the firms
sales
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FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Case Problem 4.1
Coatess Decision FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  Case Problem 4.1
Coatess Decision On January 1, 2017, Dave
Coates, a 23-year-old mathematics teacher at
Xavier High School, received a tax refund of
1,100. Because Dave didnt need this money for
his
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FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Case Problem 4.1, 4.2,
2.1, 5.2, 13.1 (Part a,b,c,d) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  FIN 402 Week 2
Assignment Case Problem 4.1 Coatess Decision FIN
402 Week 2 Assignment Case Problem 4.2 The
Risk-Return Tradeoff Molly ORourkes Stock
Purchase Decision FIN 402 Week 2
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FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Case Problem 4.2 The
Risk-Return Tradeoff Molly ORourkes Stock
Purchase Decision FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  Case Problem 4.2 The
Risk-Return Tradeoff Molly ORourkes Stock
Purchase Decision Over the past 10 years, Molly
ORourke has slowly built a diversified portfolio
of common stock. Currently her
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FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Case Problem 13.1
Assessing the Stalcheckss Portfolio Performance
(Part a,b,c,d) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  Case Problem 13.1
Assessing the Stalcheckss Portfolio Performance
Mary and Nick Stalcheck have an investment
portfolio containing four investments. It was
developed to provide them with a balance
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FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Case Problem 5.2 Susan
Lussiers Inherited Portfolio Does It Meet Her
Needs FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com Â
Case Problem 5.2 Susan Lussiers Inherited
Portfolio Does It Meet Her Needs? Susan Lussier
is 35 years old and employed as a tax accountant
for a major oil and gas exploration company. She
earns nearly
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FIN 402 Week 2 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  What are different
ratio categories? Which category is most
important to bondholders? Why? Which category is
most important to stockholders? Why?
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FIN 402 Week 2 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  What are liquidity
ratios? Why are they important? How may an
investor use liquidity ratios when making
investment decisions?
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FIN 402 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Portfolio
Selection Paper (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  Resources Electronic
Reserve Readings, Internet, University
Library Select one publicly traded bond.
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FIN 402 Week 2 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  What are different
ratio categories? Which category is most
important to bondholders? Why? Which category is
most important to stockholders? Why?
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FIN 402 Week 2 Weekly Problem Set FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com  The Problem
Set is provided to you to enable you to practice
the concepts outlined in the textbook. Select
THREE completed problems from the assignment and
post your solutions to those problems. In your
solutions, provide an explanation as to why you
choose the answer.
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FIN 402 Week 2 Weekly Question FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  1. (2 point)
Calculate the expected return of the following
stocks using CAPM. You can use internet websites
to get Beta figures, such as Yahoo! Finance,
Google Finance, MSN Money, Marketwatch, etc. Use
4 as the risk free rate and 6 as the risk
premium.
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FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Case Problem 6.1 Sara
Decides to Take the Plunge FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  Case Problem 6.1 Sara
Decides to Take the Plunge Sara Thomas is a child
psychologist who has built a thriving practice in
her hometown of Boise, Idaho. Over the past
several years she has been able to
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FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Case Problem 6.2 Wally
Wonders Whether Theres a Place for Dividends
FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com  Case
Problem 6.2 Wally Wonders Whether Theres a Place
for Dividends Wally Wilson is a commercial artist
who makes a good living by doing freelance
workmostly layouts and illustrationsfor local ad
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FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Case Problem 6.1, 6.2,
7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2, 9.2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  FIN 402 Week 3
Assignment Case Problem 6.1 Sara Decides to Take
the Plunge FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Case Problem
6.2 Wally Wonders Whether Theres a Place for
Dividends FIN 402 Week 3
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FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Case Problem 7.2 Doris
Looks at an Auto Issue FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  Case Problem 7.2
Doris Looks at an Auto Issue Doris Wise is a
young career woman. She lives in Phoenix,
Arizona, where she owns and operates a highly
successful modeling agency. Doris manages her
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FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Relative Performance
Paper FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com
FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Relative Performance
Paper
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FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Case Problem 8.1 Chris
Looks for a Way to Invest His Wealth FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com  Case Problem
8.1 Chris Looks for a Way to Invest His Wealth
Chris Norton is a young Hollywood writer who is
well on his way to television superstardom. After
writing several successful television specials,
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FIN 402 Week 3 AssignmentCase Problem 7.1 Some
Financial Ratios Are Real Eye-Openers FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com  Case Problem
7.1 Some Financial Ratios Are Real Eye-Openers
Jack Arnold is a resident of Lubbock, Texas,
where he is a prosperous rancher and businessman.
He has also built up a sizable portfolio of
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FIN 402 Week 3 AssignmentCase Problem 8.2 An
Analysis of a High-Flying Stock FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  Case Problem 8.2 An
Analysis of a High-Flying Stock Marc Dodier is a
recent university graduate and a security analyst
with the Kansas City brokerage firm of Lippman,
Brickbats, and Shaft. Marc has been
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FIN 402 Week 3 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  What is the
difference between systematic and unsystematic
risk? How is the beta coefficient used to assess
risk? Is it better to maximize return or minimize
risk? Why?
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FIN 402 Week 3 AssignmentCase Problem 9.2 Deb
Takes Measure of the Market FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  Case Problem 9.2 Deb
Takes Measure of the Market Several months ago,
Deb Forrester received a substantial sum of money
from the estate of her late aunt. Deb initially
placed the money in a savings
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FIN 402 Week 3 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  What is the
relationship between inflation and interest
rates? How does this relationship affect asset
prices? How does the unemployment rate affect
interest rates?
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FIN 402 Week 3 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  What factors must be
taken into consideration when creating an
investment portfolio? How must a portfolios
components be weighted?
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FIN 402 Week 3 Individual Assignment CAPM Web
Exercise FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.c
om  FIN 402 Week 3 Individual Assignment CAPM
Web Exercise
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FIN 402 Week 3 Weekly Problem Set FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com   The Problem
Set is provided to you to enable you to practice
the concepts outlined in the textbook. Select
THREE completed problems from the assignment and
post your solutions to those problems. In your
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FIN 402 Week 3 Weekly Question FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com   Submit your Weekly
Questions, with original questions, in a
Microsoft Word or text file. Be sure to show your
work to earn full credit.
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FIN 402 Week 4 Assignment Case Problem 10.1 Max
and Veronica Develop a Bond Investment Program
FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com  Case
Problem 10.1 Max and Veronica Develop a Bond
Investment Program Max and Veronica Shuman, along
with their teenage sons, Terry and Thomas, live
in Portland, Oregon. Max is a sales rep for a
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FIN 402 Week 4 Assignment Case Problem 10.1,
10.2, 11.1, 11.2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  FIN 402 Week 4
Assignment Case Problem 10.1 Max and Veronica
Develop a Bond Investment Program FIN 402 Week 4
Assignment Case Problem 10.2 The Case of the
Missing Bond Ratings FIN 402 Week
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FIN 402 Week 4 Assignment Case Problem 10.2 The
Case of the Missing Bond Ratings FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com  Case Problem
10.2 The Case of the Missing Bond Ratings Its
probably safe to say that theres nothing more
important in determining a bonds rating than the
underlying financial condition and operating
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FIN 402 Week 4 Assignment Case Problem 11.1 The
Bond Investment Decisions of Dave and Marlene
Carter FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com
 Case Problem 11.1 The Bond Investment
Decisions of Dave and Marlene Carter Dave and
Marlene Carter live in the Boston area, where
Dave has a successful orthodontics practice. Dave
and Marlene have built up a sizable investment
portfolio and have always had a major portion
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FIN 402 Week 4 Assignment Case Problem 11.2 Grace
Decides to Immunize Her Portfolio FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com  Case Problem
11.2 Grace Decides to Immunize Her Portfolio
Grace Hesketh is the owner of an extremely
successful dress boutique in downtown Chicago.
Although high fashion is Graces first love, shes
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FIN 402 Week 4 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  What are examples of
active and passive portfolio management
techniques? Why would a portfolio manager pursue
active instead of passive techniques?
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FIN 402 Week 4 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com Does international
diversification enhance risk reduction? Why or
why not? What measures may be taken to reduce
risks of international portfolio investing?
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FIN 402 Week 4 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  What are unique risks
associated with foreign investments? How might an
investor protect his or her portfolio against
such risks? Is it possible to protect a portfolio
from all risk?
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FIN 402 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Risk and
Return Analysis Paper (Portfolio Risk Analysis)
FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com  FIN
402 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Risk and
Return Analysis Paper Complete the following
activities Conduct a risk assessment and return
analysis on the investment vehicles in your
portfolio.
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FIN 402 Week 4 Individual Assignment Risk and
Return Tradeoff Memo (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  FIN 402 Week 4
Individual Assignment Risk and Return Tradeoff
Memo Resources Constructing and Managing a
Portfolio Simulation, Electronic Reserve
Readings, University Library
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FIN 402 Week 4 Weekly Problem Set FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com  The Problem
Set is provided to you to enable you to practice
the concepts outlined in the textbook. Select
THREE completed problems from the assignment and
post your solutions to those problems. 1. The
weak form of the EMH states that ________ must be
reflected in the current stock price.
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FIN 402 Week 4 Weekly Question FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  1. (2 point) Go
to Morningstar.com. Find the listed mutual funds
profiles on the website. Under Ratings Risk,
find and submit the Sharpe Ratio for each fund.
Then discuss, using the ratio, which fund you
believe provides a better investment. Funds
ARTVX
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FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Case Problem 14.1 The
Franciscos Investment Options FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com Case Problem 14.1 The
Franciscos Investment Options Hector Francisco
is a successful businessman in Atlanta. The
box-manufacturing firm he and his wife, Judy,
founded several years ago has prospered.
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FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Case Problem 14.1,
14.2, 15.1, 15.2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  FIN 402 Week 5
Assignment Case Problem 14.1 The Franciscos
Investment Options FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Case
Problem 14.2 Lukes Quandary To Hedge or Not to
Hedge FIN 402 Week 5
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FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Case Problem 14.2
Lukes Quandary To Hedge or Not to Hedge FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com  Case
Problem 14.2 Lukes Quandary To Hedge or Not to
Hedge A little more than 10 months ago, Luke
Weaver, a mortgage banker in Phoenix, bought 300
shares of stock at 40 per share. Since then, the
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FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Case Problem 15.1 T.
J.s Fast-Track Investments Interest Rate
Futures FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.co
m   Case Problem 15.1 T. J.s Fast-Track
Investments Interest Rate Futures T. J. Patrick
is a young, successful industrial designer in
Portland, Oregon, who enjoys the excitement of
commodities speculation.
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FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Case Problem 15.2 Jim
and Polly Pernelli Try Hedging with Stock Index
Futures FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.co
m  Case Problem 15.2 Jim and Polly Pernelli Try
Hedging with Stock Index Futures Jim Pernelli and
his wife, Polly, live in Augusta, Georgia. Like
many young couples, the Pernellis are a
two-income family. Jim
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FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Investment Portfolio
Paper (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  This tutorial
contains 2 Different Papers Prepare a paper, not
to exceed 5 pages, in which you assess the
performance of your portfolio, using William
Sharpes and Harry Markowitzs modern portfolio
theories. Address the following
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FIN 402 Week 5 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  What are different
types of alternative investment vehicles? Which
is preferable? What factors could affect the
choice of such a vehicle?
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FIN 402 Week 5 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  What is an individual
retirement account? Is it important to have an
individual retirement account?
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FIN 402 Week 5 Individual Assignment Investment
Enhancement Paper FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  Prepare a 1,050- to
1,750-word paper in which you address the
following Analyze effects of international
portfolio diversification on an investment
portfolio.
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FIN 402 Week 5 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  What are derivatives?
How may they be used to manage a portfolio?
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FIN 402 Week 5 Weekly Problem Set FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com  1. You
purchase one IBM July 125 call contract for a
premium of 5. You hold the option until the
expiration date when IBM stock sells for 123 per
share. You will realize a ______ on the
investment.
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FIN 402 Week 5 Weekly Questions FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com  Submit your Weekly
Questions, with original questions, in a
Microsoft Word or text file. Be sure to show your
work to earn full credit.
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