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FIN 402 Final Exam Guide   For more course
tutorials visit   www.newtonhelp.com     FIN 402
Investment Fundamentals and Portfolio Management
Final Exam Guide   True/False  1.___  ___ The
balance sheet shows what assets the firm controls
at a point in time and how it financed the
assets.  
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FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment Capital Markets and
Investment Banking Process Paper   For more
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N402 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
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    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 course tutorials
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Assignment Case Problem 1.2 Preparing Carolyn
Bowens Investment Plan
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FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment Case Problem 2.2 Ravi
Dumars High-Flying Margin Account   For more
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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. Ravi firmly believes that
the
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FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment Case Problem 3.1 The
Perezes Good Fortune   For more course tutorials
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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. Angel, a
retired professional pool shooter, saved for
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FIN 402 Week 1 Assignment Case Problem 12.1
Reverend Mark Thomas Ponders Mutual Funds   For
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    Case Problem 12.1 Reverend Mark Thomas
Ponders Mutual Funds The Reverend Mark Thomas is
the minister of a church in the San Diego are
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FIN 402 Week 1 AssignmentCase Problem 2.1Daras
Dilemma What to Buy?   For more course tutorials
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Problem 2.1Daras Dilemma What to Buy? Dara
Simmons, a 40-year-old financial analyst and
divorced mother of
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FIN 402 Week 1 DQ 1   For more course tutorials
visit   www.newtonhelp.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 2   For more course tutorials
visit   www.newtonhelp.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 3   For more course tutorials
visit   www.newtonhelp.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 course tutorials visit   www.newtonhelp.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 course tutorials visit   www.newtonhelp.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 1-5 All Assignments   For more
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402 Week 1 Assignment Case Problem 1.2, 2.1, 2.2,
3.1, 12.1 FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Case Problem
4.1, 4.2, 2.1, 5.2, 13.1 (Part a,b,c,d) FIN 402
Week 3 Assignment
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FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Asset Classes Paper For
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  FIN402 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 course tutorials
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Problem 2.1 Traditional Versus Modern Portfolio
Theory Whos Right? Walt Davies and Shane
OBrien are district managers for Lee, Inc. Over
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FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Case Problem 4.1
Coatess Decision   For more course tutorials
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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
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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 course
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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
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FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Case Problem 4.2 The
Risk-Return Tradeoff Molly ORourkes Stock
Purchase Decision   For more course tutorials
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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 portfolio includes 20 differ
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FIN 402 Week 2 Assignment Case Problem 5.2 Susan
Lussiers Inherited Portfolio Does It Meet Her
Needs   For more course tutorials
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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
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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 course tutorials
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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
between current income and capital appreciation.
Rather than acquire mutual fund shares or
diversify within a given class of investments,
they
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FIN 402 Week 2 DQ 1   For more course tutorials
visit   www.newtonhelp.com     What are different
ratio categories? Which category is most
important to bondholders? Why? Which category is
most important to
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  FIN 402 Week 2 DQ 2   For more course tutorials
visit   www.newtonhelp.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 DQ 3   For more course tutorials
visit   www.newtonhelp.com     What is the CAPM?
Are CAPM assumptions realistic? Why or why not?
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FIN 402 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Portfolio
Selection Paper (2 Papers)   For more course
tutorials visit   www.newtonhelp.com   This
Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers   Resources
Electronic Reserve Readings, Internet, University
Library Select one publicly traded bond.
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FIN 402 Week 2 weekly Problem Set   For more
course tutorials visit   www.newtonhelp.com     Th
e 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
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FIN 402 Week 2 Weekly Question   For more course
tutorials visit   www.newtonhelp.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. a. Proctor Gamble (PG) b.
Microsoft (MSFT)
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  FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Case Problem 6.1 Sara
Decides to Take the Plunge   For more course
tutorials visit   www.newtonhelp.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 accumulate a substantial sum of money.
She has worked long and
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FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Relative Performance
Paper   For more course tutorials
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Assignment Relative Performance Paper
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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 course
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402 Week 3 Assignment Case Problem 6.1 Sara
Decides to Take the Plunge
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FIN 402 Week 3 AssignmentCase Problem 6.2 Wally
Wonders Whether Theres a Place for
Dividends   For more course tutorials
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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 agencies
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FIN 402 Week 3 Assignment Relative Performance
Paper   For more course tutorials
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Assignment Relative Performance Paper
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FIN 402 Week 3 AssignmentCase Problem 6.2 Wally
Wonders Whether Theres a Place for
Dividends   For more course tutorials
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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 agencies and major institutional clients (such
as large department stores). Wally
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FIN 402 Week 3 AssignmentCase Problem 7.1 Some
Financial Ratios Are Real Eye-Openers   For more
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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 8.1 Chris
Looks for a Way to Invest His Wealth   For more
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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
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FIN 402 Week 3 AssignmentCase Problem 7.2 Doris
Looks at an Auto Issue   For more course
tutorials visit   www.newtonhelp.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.
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FIN 402 Week 3 AssignmentCase Problem 8.2 An
Analysis of a High-Flying Stock   For more course
tutorials visit   www.newtonhelp.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 following one of the hottest issues
on Wall Street, CI Medical
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FIN 402 Week 3 AssignmentCase Problem 9.2 Deb
Takes Measure of the Market   For more course
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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
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FIN 402 Week 3 DQ 1   For more course tutorials
visit   www.newtonhelp.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 DQ 2   For more course tutorials
visit   www.newtonhelp.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 course tutorials
visit   www.newtonhelp.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 course tutorials
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Individual Assignment CAPM Web Exercise ResourceF
undamentals of Investment Management
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FIN 402 Week 3 Weekly Problem Set   For more
course tutorials visit   www.newtonhelp.com     Th
e 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,
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FIN 402 Week 3 Weekly Question   For more course
tutorials visit   www.newtonhelp.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. 1. (2 point)
Use the expected return and Beta calculated in
Week 2 Homework Questions 1 for the stocks
listed PG, Microsoft, Macys, JP
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FIN 402 Week 4 Assignment Case Problem 10.1 Max
and Veronica Develop a Bond Investment
Program   For more course tutorials
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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
major medical
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FIN 402 Week 4 Assignment Case Problem 10.1,
10.2, 11.1, 11.2   For more course tutorials
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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
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FIN 402 Week 4 Assignment Case Problem 10.2 The
Case of the Missing Bond Ratings   For more
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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
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FIN 402 Week 4 Assignment Case Problem 11.2 Grace
Decides to Immunize Her Portfolio   For more
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Case Problem 11.2 Grace Decides to Immunize Her
Portfolio Grace Hesketh is the owner of an
extremely successful dress boutique in
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FIN 402 Week 4 Assignment Case Problem 11.1 The
Bond Investment Decisions of Dave and Marlene
Carter   For more course tutorials
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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 DQ 1   For more course tutorials
visit   www.newtonhelp.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 course tutorials
visit   www.newtonhelp.com     Does international
diversification enhance risk reduction? Why or
why not? What measures may be taken to red
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  FIN 402 Week 4 DQ 3   For more course tutorials
visit   www.newtonhelp.com     What are unique
risks associated with foreign investments? How
might an investor protect his or her portfolio
against such risks? Is it possible
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FIN 402 Week 4 Individual Assignment Risk and
Return Tradeoff Memo (2 Papers)   For more course
tutorials visit   www.newtonhelp.com     This
Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers FIN 402 Week
4 Individual Assignment Risk and Return Tradeoff
Memo Resources Constructing and Managing a
Portfolio Simulation, Electronic Reserve
Readings, University Library Complete the
Constructing and Managing a P
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  FIN 402 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Risk
and Return Analysis Paper   For more course
tutorials visit   www.newtonhelp.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 Weekly Problem Set   For more
course tutorials visit   www.newtonhelp.com     Th
e 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 4 Weekly Question   For more course
tutorials visit   www.newtonhelp.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 beli
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FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Case Problem 14.1 The
Franciscos Investment Options   For more course
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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
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  FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Case Problem 14.1,
14.2, 15.1, 15.2   For more course tutorials
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Assignment Case Problem 14.1 The Franciscos
Investment Options
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FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Case Problem 14.2
Lukes Quandary To Hedge or Not to Hedge   For
more course tutorials visit   www.newtonhelp.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 price of the stock has risen to 75 per
share. It is now near the end
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FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Case Problem 15.1 T.
J.s Fast-Track Investments Interest Rate
Futures   For more course tutorials
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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. T. J. has been dabbling in
commodities since he was a teenagerhe was
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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 course tutorials
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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 and Polly ar
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FIN 402 Week 5 Assignment Investment Portfolio
Paper (2 Papers)   For more course tutorials
visit   www.newtonhelp.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 course tutorials
visit   www.newtonhelp.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 course tutorials
visit   www.newtonhelp.com     What is an
individual retirement account? Is it important to
have an individual retirement account? 
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FIN 402 Week 5 DQ 3   For more course tutorials
visit   www.newtonhelp.com     What are
derivatives? How may they be used to manage a
portfolio?
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FIN 402 Week 5 Individual Assignment Investment
Enhancement Paper   For more course tutorials
visit   www.newtonhelp.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
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FIN 402 Week 5 Weekly Problem Set   For more
course tutorials visit   www.newtonhelp.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 course
tutorials visit   www.newtonhelp.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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