Q4. Marjorie Ward is 52 years old and is the CEO and chairman of the board of a large professional services firm located in the
In their lunch meeting with Ward, Ward provides some background for Lee and Weatherford. When she graduated from college, her parents provided her the funds to purchase Madison Professional Services.
Lee states that diversification issues are common with executives and the heirs to executives. He states that Ward should consider using an exchange fund. He states that in an exchange fund, the investor contracts with a securities dealer to sell his or her holdings discreetly in an over-the-counter contract. The investor provides the dealer company shares and in return receives a return based on an exchange-traded fund. He states that the disadvantage of an exchange fund is the management fees that the investor must pay. Despite these fees, he believes that an exchange fund represents an attractive option for Ward.
Weatherford mentions that Ward should also consider using a completion portfolio to achieve diversification. He states that in this method, Ward would invest in a target portfolio that would provide for diversification. In her case, Ward’s target portfolio would not include professional services firms, as that is the focus of
Lee and Weatherford discuss the effectiveness of various account structures, including personal accounts, variable life insurance products, tax-deferred pension vehicles, and foundations. Lee states that a variable life insurance product has the advantage of tax minimization efficiency, a time horizon that matches the individual’s life expectancy, and investor access that depends on the type of policy. Weatherford states that a foundation typically has an infinite life. He states that it is not a good vehicle for wealthy investors, however, because it is not an efficient tax minimization vehicle.
The following week Lee and Weatherford attend a conference on behavioral finance, where its differences from traditional finance and fixed planning horizon strategies are discussed. Lee and Weatherford talk about what they learned that week and how they can use it to better understand their clients’ biases and how to help them. One of the things he has learned, Lee states, is that in behavioral finance, most investors tend to think of investment goals in terms of the terminal dollar value and the probability of not meeting that goal, as opposed to traditional finance where the investment goals are the expected return and standard deviation. Weatherford adds that behavioral finance also recognizes that investors tend to think of investment goals in isolation from one another, which is a mental accounting approach.
In their next meeting with Ward, Ward reveals that she is thinking of buying a beach house in
Amount Ward is able to invest now | $365,000 |
Future cost of interior condo | $550,000 |
Future cost of gulf view condo | $750,000 |
Yield on zero coupon bond with maturity of 13 years | 5% |
Expected return on equity index | 9% |
Time horizon in years | 13 |
While investigating the funding of Ward’s condo, Lee and Weatherford compare the lifestyle protection strategy to the fixed planning horizon method as investment policies. Lee states that if it is important to Ward to retain the possibility of buying the gulf view condo, she would be better off utilizing the fixed planning horizon method as her investment policy. Weatherford states that if she ends up buying the condo before retirement, she also would be better off using the fixed planning horizon method as her investment policy.
Are Lee’s statements concerning the description of an exchange fund and identifying its disadvantage correct?
Description
of an exchange fund Identifying its disadvantage
A) Correct Incorrect
B) Incorrect Correct
C) Correct Correct
答案和详解如下:
Correct answer is B)
Lee incorrectly describes an exchange fund. In an exchange fund, the investor contributes their shares to a common diversified pool of stock that similar investors have contributed to. The investor makes a commitment to keep their shares in the fund for a period of time after which they can withdraw a proportionate share of the fund. Lee is correct, however, in describing a disadvantage of an exchange fund. The investor must pay management fees in an exchange fund.
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