Portfolio Managers Paul Martin and Kevin Krueger Each Manage $1,000,000

question 11

Multiple Choice

Portfolio managers Paul Martin and Kevin Krueger each manage $1,000,000 funds.Paul Martin has perfect foresight and the call option value of his perfect foresight is $150,000.Kevin Krueger is an imperfect forecaster and correctly predicts 50% of all bull markets and 70% of all bear markets.The correct measure of timing ability for Kevin Krueger is __________.

• A) 20%
• B) 60%
• C) 75%
• D) 120%

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Definitions:

Shares Outstanding

The total number of shares of a corporation's stock that are currently owned by all its shareholders, including share blocks held by institutional investors and restricted shares owned by the company’s officers and insiders.

Market Price

The market rate at which an asset or service can currently be sold or bought.

Stock Split

A corporate action where a company divides its existing shares into multiple shares to boost the liquidity of the shares.

Shares Outstanding

The total number of shares of stock that are held by all shareholders, including share blocks held by institutional investors and restricted shares.