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smartpants

Can someone explain Why i got some of these wrong. Thanks.
1.Lautenschlager has completed her due diligence on a petrochemical company and is preparing to issue a somewhat negative report on the company that will include a “sell” recommendation. She gives a final draft of the report to company management to review for factual accuracy. The CEO of the company is highly upset by the report and threatens to cut-off her access to company officials and bar Lautenschlager from conference calls and other avenues of communication with the company if the report is published. Lautenschlager’s BEST course of action is to:
a.Revise her analysis of the company in light of management’s objections to the report.
b.Publish the report with the analysis intact, but remove the “sell” recommendation.
c. Allow company management to make revisions to de-emphasize the negative factors but maintain the “sell” recommendation in the report.
d. Publish the report as written, regardless of the objections by company management.
I chose A
2.As part of his responsibilities as a research analyst, Gonzalez, along with several other analysts, takes a tour of the corporate headquarters and meets with management of a large electronics company in Asia. The company pays for the travel and accommodations of all the analysts participating in the 2-day tour and hosts a dinner, a golf tournament, and a sightseeing excursion for them as part of the trip. Under these circumstances, Gonzalez:
a.May attend the dinner and participate in the golf-tournament and sight-seeing excursion because Gonzalez considers these modest “perks” acceptable in the normal course of business.
b.May accept the reimbursement for the travel and accommodations because the firm paid for all the analysts and did not show favoritism to Gonzalez.
c.Should not accept reimbursement for his travel and accommodation expenses and should not attend the dinner or participate in the golf tournament as doing so may impinge on Gonzalez’s independence and objectivity.
d.May attend the dinner and participate in the golf tournament and sight-seeing but not accept reimbursement for travel and accommodations.
I chose B
3.Vidovich received a year-end gift of a set of new golf clubs from a client who was delighted by the performance of her portfolio, managed by Vidovich. Vidovich may do all of the following EXCEPT:
a.Accept the gift, keeping the matter confidential.
b. Accept the gift and donate it to charity.
c. Decline the gift.
d. Accept the gift and disclose its receipt to his employer.
I chose D
4.Youn is a successful money manager who is confident of her investment management ability and claims in her marketing brochures that her clients “will obtain a significant return on principle” by following her advice. Youn’s statement:
a.Is not a misrepresentation if all her past clients made money on their investments with her.
b.Improperly implies a guaranteed investment return.
c.States an opinion and therefore cannot be a misrepresentation.
d.Misrepresents her ability as an investment manager.
I chose D
5.Waters is an investment analyst who has accumulated and analyzed several pieces of nonpublic information through her contacts with drug firms. Although none of the information is “material,” Waters correctly concludes that the earnings of one of the drug firms will be unexpectedly high in the coming year. Waters:
a. Should urge the drug firm to make public dissemination of the information immediately.
b.Can use the information to make investment recommendations and decisions.
c.May use the information, but only after approval from a compliance officer or supervisory analyst.
d.Cannot legally invest or make investment recommendations based on this information.
I chose A
Thanks for any help!

Walex

1. A sounds like objectivity - changing the contents of the report at management’s bequest. I got D (Correct)
2. I chose B as well and agree. Would like to hear the correct one (perhaps A if it isn’t “seen to compromise integrity”)
3. Same here (and same as above). Looks like we could both use some work on this section/idea.
4. B was correct. She guaranteed a return (>0% by ‘significant amount’). That’s a straight no no.
5. B was correct. This is an example of the “mosiac” theory: Using several pieces of non-public but immaterial information to form an investment recommendation.

soverby

3 is A. You cannot accept it and keep it quiet. Did you misread the question?

Swanand

Yeah but 4 shes also misrepresenting her abilities buy guarenteeing no?

profil

Hahaha… jeez. I did. EXCEPT

busterbluth

yeah i misread number 3 thanks for catching that

redskins44

Chung, it’s HUGE to recognize that you can use information if it’s MATERIAL and public or NONMATERIAL and nonpublic. So for #5, the fact that the information was nonmaterial enables her to use any of it to make a recommendation.

DarienHacker

chung, possibly she’s misrepresenting, but that’s not the best answer. She is implying a guarantee of a positive return.

RepoToronto

mosaic theory your right again…..dude i’ll be drinking 2 redbulls before the test.

ninja1024

kh, you sure about #2? Someone said in another thread that the answer was that Gonzalez couldn’t accept any of it.