finance assignment 56
Assignment:
The questions below relate to the Module lectures. Please type all short answer responses.Responses to questions requiring calculations should be typed or neatly hand-written.
- What are agency problems?List three mechanisms that can mitigate agency problems?
- How does Sarbanes-Oxley improve the quality of information in the markets?
- What is the difference between asset allocation and security selection
- If you believe that there is “no-free lunch†in investing, are you more likely to hire an active or passive manager to oversee your portfolio? Why?
- What is securitization of mortgages? What was a key change in securitization precipitated the financial crisis?
- Moral hazard is a situation where people tend to take greater risk because the costs will not be felt by the party taking the risk. Explain the moral hazard in banks that securitize sub-prime mortgages they underwrite vs. holding onto the loans?
- What is the TED spread and what does it imply about market risk? Why does it rise during periods of market turmoil?
- What does it mean that securities are fungible and negotiable? Why are stocks fungible but not used cars built in the same year and have the same features?