Using statistical models to estimate the maximum losses a portfolio's value is likely to sustain over a particular time period is called:
A) gap analysis
B) duration analysis
C) value-at-risk approach
D) credit-risk analysis
C
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According to the expenditure approach to measuring GDP, in the United States , the largest component of GDP is
A) net exports of goods and services. B) consumption expenditure. C) government expenditure on goods and services. D) investment. E) wages.
Today's railroads are:
(a) Privately owned and regulated by competitive forces. (b) Private owned but managed by federal regulatory bodies. (c) Federally owned and managed by government regulatory bodies. (d) Federally owned but competitive.
"I woke up earlier today to beat other fishermen to the fish and yet I caught the same number of fish at 5 a.m. as I did at noon." Which of the following best explains this occurrence? a. Many other fishermen also believe that they can catch a greater quantity of fish if they arrive earlier at the fishing area. So the area is crowded early in the day. b. The fish do not care when they eat, so
they are likely to bite on the bait at any time during the day. c. The catching of fish is mostly luck, so timing is not important. d. The early bird catches the worm.
As a knowledgeable investor in 2007, you should have realized that as interest rates fell, bond prices would
A. also fall. B. rise. C. become more volatile, like stock prices. D. fall but not by as much as stock prices.