The Bull Fund offers three classes of shares for investors. Class A shares charge a 2.00% front- load, 0.00% 12b-1, and 1.00% management fee. Class B shares charge a 1.00% front-load, 0.00% 12b-1, and 1.25% management fee. Class C shares have no load and charge 0.75% 12b-1, and 0.75% management fee. Assume the expected rate of return (before fees) on the fund is 8% and you intend to invest $10,000. Which class would you prefer if your holding period is three years? Data Class A Class B Class C Front load 2.0% 1.0% 0.0% 12b-1 fee 0.00% 0.00% 0.75% Mgt fee 1.00% OB, shares, because the value will be $12,127.41 OC shares, because the value will be $12,059.50 OC shares, because the value will be $12,079.50 O B, shares because the value will be $12,197.00 1.25% 0.75%

Shown below are the investment weights for the securities held in four different portfolios: three mutual funds and the benchmark index that each of those funds uses. % Security Investment Weight: Fund X: Fund Y: Fund Z: % a. Calculate the active share (AS) measure for Fund X, Fund Y, and Fund Z relative to the benchmark index. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to one decimal place. % Security Benchmark Index 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 % 10 10% 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Fund X Fund Y Fund Z 7% 35% 11% 13 0 11 15 5 11 0 11 0 11 0 11 25 9 30 9 0 9 0 9 5 7 10 5 11 11 11

Calculate the number of shares purchased with a $5,000 investment in a no load mutual fund with a net asset value of $7.45. The number of shares purchased is (Type an integer or decimal rounded to the nearest thousandth as needed.). COLL

Acme Mutual Fund Company offers a high- yield fund with two investment classes. The fund charges a 3% front-end load, 0.25% 12b- 1 fee, 0.75% management fee, and a 0% back-end load on Class A shares. The fund charges a 0% front-end load, 1% 12b-1 fee, 0.75% management fee, and 0% back-end load on Class B shares. Assume the fund earns 7% per year. If you plan to hold the investment for five years, which class would you prefer? Group of answer choices A, because it will be $178.64 higher A, because it will be $65.31 higher B, because it will be $178.64 higher B, because it will be $65.31

You own a mutual fund valued at $46 per share. It has a gross return of 8% and an expense ratio of 1.0%. Your share's real worth based upon the given information is . (round to the nearest cent){DO NOT INCLUDE COM Submit

Open-end Fund A has 187 shares of ATT valued at $46 each and 41 shares of Toro valued at $86 each. Closed-end Fund B has 86 shares of ATT and 83 shares of Toro. Both funds have 1,000 shares outstanding.a. What is the NAV of each fund using these prices? (Round your answers to 3 decimal places. (e.g., 32.161))b. If the price of ATT stock increases to $47.25 and the price of Toro stock declines to $83.292, how does that impact the NAV of both funds? (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))c. Assume that another 166 shares of ATT valued at $46 are added to Fund A. The funds needed to buy the new shares are obtained by selling 630 more shares in Fund A. What is the effect on Fund A’s NAV if the prices remain unchanged from the original prices?

You purchase a mutual fund at an offer price of $11.77 per share. If the net asset value is $11.28, find the sale charge percent. Round to the nearest tenth.

Suppose you manage an equity fund with the following securities. Use the following data to calculate the information ratio of each stock.                           Input Data Vogt Industries Isher Corporation Hedrock, Incorporated       Alpha 0.012 0.006 0.016       Beta 0.277 1.015 1.630       Standard Deviation 0.156 0.168 0.181       Residual Standard Deviation 0.117 0.048 0.113                     Required:             Using the information in the table above, please calculate the information ratio for each stock.                           (Use cells A5 to D8 from the given information to complete this question.)                             Vogt Industries Isher Corporation Hedrock, Incorporated       Information Ratio

Calculate the number of shares purchased with a $4,000 investment in a no load mutual fund with a net asset value of $7.14. The number of shares purchased is (Type an integer or decimal rounded to the nearest thousandth as needed.)

You purchase a mutual fund for $17.23   The fund's NAV is $17.00 (the load fee was .23 cents).   The NAV subsequently rises to $22.00, and you redeem the shares.   What is the percentage return on your investment