Quantitative Methods: Rates and Returns
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What is the sum of a real risk-free rate and premiums that compensate investors for bearing distinct types of risk known as?

  • Effective interest rate
  • Market interest rate
  • Nominal interest rate (correct)
  • Expected interest rate

Which of the following best describes the relationship between interest rates and required rates of return?

  • Interest rates are only relevant for equity instruments
  • Interest rates are always lower than required rates of return
  • Interest rates can be interpreted as required rates of return (correct)
  • Interest rates have no relationship with required rates of return

What is the importance of the cash flow additivity principle in finance?

  • It is relevant only for calculating option values
  • It has no significant importance in finance
  • It only applies to fixed-income instruments
  • It is important for the no-arbitrage condition and calculating implied forward interest rates (correct)

What is the formula for calculating continuously compounded returns?

<p>$e^{rT}$ (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How would you calculate the time-weighted rate of return for a portfolio?

<p>By linking together sub-period returns geometrically (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the present value (PV) represent in finance?

<p>The current value of future cash flows discounted at a certain rate (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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