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question 41

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the question(s) below.
John Galt is a mutual fund manager at Atlas Asset Management. He can generate an alpha of 2% a year up to $500 million of invested capital. After that amount his skills are spread too thin, so he cannot add value and his alpha is zero for all investments over $500 million. Atlas Asset Management charges a fee of 0.80% on the total amount of money under management. Assume that there are always investors looking for positive alpha investments and no investor would invest in a fund with a negative alpha. Assume that the fund is in equilibrium, meaning that no investor either takes out money or wishes to invest new money into the fund.
-The expected return for the fad follower's portfolio is closest to:

• A) -0.9%
• B) 0.0%
• C) 3.6%
• D) 6.0%

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Marginal Tax Rate

The percentage of tax applied to your income for each tax bracket in which you qualify, essentially the rate applied to the last dollar of the taxpayer's income.

Federal Income Tax

An annual fee collected by the United States federal government from individuals, corporations, trusts, and other legal entities' earnings.

Average Tax Rate

The ratio of the total amount of taxes paid to the total tax base (income, expenditure, or asset), representing the overall burden of the tax.

Marginal Tax Rate

The rate at which the next dollar of taxable income would be taxed, relevant in progressive tax systems where tax rates increase as income increases.