CFA Level 1 - Quantitative Methods

Default Risk - answer-Risk that a borrower will not make promised payments Liquidity Risk - answer-Risk of recieving less than fair value for an investment if it must be sold for cash quickly Required Interest Rate on A Security - answer-= Nominal Interest Rate + Default Risk Premium + Liquidity Premium + Maturity Risk Premium Real Risk Free Rate / Nominal Risk Free Rate - answer-- Single period interest rate for a completely risk-free security with no inflation added - Nominal = Real Risk Free Rate + Expected Inflation Rate Required Rate of Return - answer-Required Rate of Return for an investor to willingly invest Discount Rate - answer-Used interchangeably with interest rates, especially in use of discounting cash flows Opportunity Cost - answer-The gain that is missed by not investing in a particular investment Effective Annual Rate - answer-The actualy rate of interst that is actually being earned after compounding more than annually Continuous Compounding - answer-1. Multiply rate by time 2. Multiple answer by e (Second LN) 3. Multiply by PV Present Value of Perpetuity - answer-Financial instrument that pays a fixed amount of money at set intervals over an infinite period of time Present Value of a Projected Perpetuity - answer-1. Calculate PV of Perpetuity 2. Find present value of (N -1) PV of Uneven Cash Flows - answer-1. Clear Memory 2. Enter 0 in CF0 3. Enter Cash Flows in Sequence 4. NPV = Discount Rate 5. ComputeT NPV FV of Uneven Cash Flows - answer-1. Calculate the FV of each individual Cash Flow 2: Then add the results together Calculating the Growth Rate - answer-Or use TMV calculator 1. N = Periods, PV = PV, PMT = 0, FV = FV 2. Compute I/Y Annual Payments (Amortization) - answer-1. N = Years, I/Y = Interest, PV = Loan Amount, FV = 0 2. Compute Payments Calculate Amortization Schedule - answer-1. Calculate Loan Payment 2. Calculate Interest Component (Beginning balance x I/Y) 3. Calculate Principal component (Payment - Interest Component) 4.The following beginning balance is the first period balance - principal component only. (Interest goes to bank) Cash Flow Additivity Principle - answer-Present value of any stream of cash flow equals the sum of the present values of the cash flows. Ex: Cash flows of $100 for 4 Years & a $300 payment that occurs in year 3. Calculate the