Investments That Are Readily Convertible to a Known Amount of Cash

question 160

Short Answer

Investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are sufficiently close to their maturity so that the market value is unaffected by interest rate changes are ________.

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Definitions:

HML Beta

A measure of sensitivity to the HML (High Minus Low) factor, part of the Fama-French three-factor model, indicating how much a stock's return is affected by the value premium.

Risk Premium

The additional return expected on an investment for taking on higher risk compared to a risk-free asset.

SMB Beta

A measure used in financial models to estimate the sensitivity of a stock’s return relative to the return of a small-minus-big (SMB) factor, part of the Fama-French three-factor model.

HML Beta

A measure of sensitivity relative to the HML (High Minus Low) factor, part of the Fama-French three-factor model, indicating how much a stock's return is affected by small versus big market capitalization stocks.