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Your video-game addicted nephew tells you that the Nintendo Wii is much better than the Microsoft X-Box.
 
  To take advantage of this information, you decide to build a two asset portfolio by buying shares in Nintendo and selling shares short in Microsoft. For your long position you buy 1700 shares of Nintendo at a price of 40 per share. For the short position, you sell 1000 shares in Microsoft at a price of 35 per share. What is the portfolio weight for your short position in Microsoft?
  A) -1.06
  B) -0.94
  C) 0
  D) 0.34
  E) 0.50

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MacroMedia Inc. 1,000 par value bonds are selling for 1,265. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
 
  A) The bond market currently requires a rate (yield) less than the coupon rate.
  B) The bonds are selling at a premium to the par value.
  C) The coupon rate is greater than the yield to maturity.
  D) All of the above are true.



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Answer: D





 

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