Suppose a discrete random variable can take on the values -1, 0 and 1 each with a probability of 1/3. Then the mean and variance of the variable is
When a number is written with a fraction as an exponent, such as , which of the following is the correct computation?
The fundamental theorem of analysis establishes a relation between
Over four consecutive years fund X returns 1%, 5%, -3%, 8%. What is the average growth rate of fund X over this period?
Let X be a random variable distributed normally with mean 0 and standard deviation 1. What is the expected value of exp(X)?
In a portfolio there are 7 bonds: 2 AAA Corporate bonds, 2 AAA Agency bonds, 1 AA Corporate and 2 AA Agency bonds. By an unexplained characteristic the probability of any specific AAA bond outperforming the others is twice the probability of any specific AA bond outperforming the others. What is the probability that an AA bond or a Corporate bond outperforms all of the others?
Your stockbroker randomly recommends stocks to his clients from a tip sheet he is given each day. Today, his tip sheet has 3 common stocks and 5 preferred stocks from Asian companies and 3 common stocks and 5 preferred stocks from European companies. What is the probability that he will recommend a common stock AND/OR a European stock to you when you call and ask for one stock to buy today?
A 2-step binomial tree is used to value an American put option with strike 105, given that the underlying price is currently 100. At each step the underlying price can move up by 10 or down by 10 and the risk-neutral probability of an up move is 0.6. There are no dividends paid on the underlying and the continuously compounded risk free interest rate over each time step is 1%. What is the value of the option in this model?
You want to test the hypothesis that a population parameter β of a regression model is zero. Your alternative hypothesis is that β≠0. Denote by SD(β) the estimated standard deviation of β, and by MEAN(β) the estimated mean of β. Which test statistic is appropriate, and what is its distribution?
A linear regression gives the following output:
Figures in square brackets are estimated standard errors of the coefficient estimates.
What is the value of the test statistic for the hypothesis that the coefficient of is less than 1?
Let N(.) denote the cumulative distribution function of the standard normal probability distribution, and N' its derivative. Which of the following is false?
You invest $2m in a bank savings account with a constant interest rate of 5% p.a. What is the value of the investment in 2 years time if interest is compounded quarterly?
Consider a binomial lattice where a security price S moves up by a factor u with probability p, or down by a factor d with probability 1 - p. If we set d > 1/u then which of the following will be TRUE?
A bond has modified duration 6 and convexity 30. Find the duration-convexity approximation to the percentage change in bond price when its yield increases by 5 basis points
Let X be a random variable normally distributed with zero mean and let . Then the correlation between X and Y is:
Find the first-order Taylor approximation p(x) for the function: at the point .
An underlying asset price is at 100, its annual volatility is 25% and the risk free interest rate is 5%. A European call option has a strike of 85 and a maturity of 40 days. Its Black-Scholes price is 15.52. The options sensitivities are: delta = 0.98; gamma = 0.006 and vega = 1.55. What is the delta-gamma-vega approximation to the new option price when the underlying asset price changes to 105 and the volatility changes to 28%?
Find the roots, if they exist in the real numbers, of the quadratic equation
Which of the following is not a direct cause of autocorrelation or heteroskedasticity in the residuals of a regression model?