Which of the following asset allocation statements is correct?
Answer(s): B
Asset allocation should be reviewed when the investment environment changes to ensure it remains suitable for the client's objectives. The feedback from the document states:"In general terms, an equity weighting of less than 25% is considered conservative and more than 75% is considered aggressive. Only if the client is very aggressive should the weighting of his equity component reach 90%."
Chapter 8 Constructing Investment PortfoliosLearning Domain: UnderstandingInvestment Products and Portfolios
Which financial leverage ratio measures a company's ability to repay its borrowings?
Answer(s): D
The cash flow from operations to total debt ratio assesses a company's ability to meet its debt obligations using cash generated from operations. The feedback from the document states:"The cash flow from operations/total debt ratio gauges a company's ability to repay the funds it has borrowed. A company's annual cash flow should therefore be adequate to meet these commitments."
Chapter 9 Understanding Financial StatementsLearning Domain: Understanding Investment Products and Portfolios
What is Widget Inc.'s gross profit?Widget Inc. Earnings StatementSales: $200,000Cost of Goods Sold: $80,000Selling & General Expenses: $40,000Depreciation: $5,000Total Expenses: $30,000Net Earnings: $40,000
Answer(s): C
Gross profit is calculated as sales minus the cost of goods sold. For Widget Inc.: $200,000 - $80,000 = $120,000. The feedback from the document states:"Sales are reduced by the expenses that were incurred in order to generate the goods sold (cost of goods sold). These expenses include the cost of inventories used to produce the goods as well as the labour that went into their production. The sales revenue, net of the cost of producing those goods, is known as gross profit. In this case, gross profit = $200,000 - $80,000 = $120,000."
Apex Mutual Fund has been structured to avoid taxation by distributing any net interest, dividends, and capital gains to unitholders each calendar year. This is an example of what type of mutual fund structure?
A mutual fund trust structure allows the fund to avoid taxation by distributing its income to unitholders. The feedback from the document states:"The most common structure for mutual funds in Canada is the open-end trust. The trust structure allows a fund itself to avoid taxation. Any interest, dividends and capital gains income, net of the fund's fees, expenses and capital losses, if passed to its unitholders each calendar year, will allow the trust to avoid being taxed on its income."
Chapter 10 The Modern Mutual FundLearning Domain: The Modern Mutual Fund
What criteria does the independent review committee use to determine if a potential conflict of interest, such as interfund trading, should be approved?
Answer(s): A
The independent review committee approves actions involving conflicts of interest only if they achieve a fair and reasonable result for the fund. The feedback from the document states:"The Independent Review Committee will only approve actions where a conflict of interest arises if certain requirements are met, including, most importantly, the action achieves a fair and reasonable result for the fund."
Why is it important that an investor receive a copy of the Fund Facts document when buying a mutual fund?
The Fund Facts document provides essential information to ensure the fund's objectives and risk profile align with the investor's needs. The feedback from the document states:"The fundamental purpose of a Fund Facts document is to provide `full, plain and true' disclosure of material information concerning the securities and the issuer of the securities, so that potential purchasers can make informed decisions about purchasing the new securities. The fundamental investment objectives of a mutual fund can be found in the Fund Facts. It specifies what the fund intends to accomplish and how it is to be done."
What entity receives all fund money obtained from investors buying units/shares?
The custodian, typically a trust company, receives and holds all funds from investors and other sources, managing the fund's assets and expenses. The feedback from the document states:"The Custodian. When a mutual fund is established, a separate organization, most often a trust company, is appointed as the fund's custodian. The custodian receives and holds the fund's money obtained from all sources investors buying the fund's units or shares, income earned by the fund's investment portfolio, proceeds from the sale of the fund's investments, holds all the fund's assets and distributes the fund's money to pay the fund's expenses."
The ZZZ Money Market Fund has a 7-day yield of 0.05%. What is the current yield for the fund?Round your answer to two decimal places.
The current yield for a money market fund is calculated by annualizing the 7-day yield: (7-day yield × 365 / 7). For a 7-day yield of 0.05% (0.0005), the calculation is: 0.0005 × 365 / 7 = 0.02607 or 2.61%.The feedback from the document states:"The current yield for a money market fund is calculated as the most recent seven-day yield on the fund, adjusted to an annual rate. The formula is: Current yield = (Seven-day yield × 365 / 7). In this case the current yield is (0.0005 × 365 / 7) = 0.0261."
Chapter 11 Conservative Mutual Fund ProductsLearning Domain: Analysis of Mutual Funds
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