A Major Question in Modern Finance Regarding Closed-End Investment Companies

question 20

Multiple Choice

A major question in modern finance regarding closed-end investment companies is

• A) why do these funds sell at a premium?
• B) why do the premiums differ between funds?
• C) what are the returns available to investors from funds that sell at a large discount?
• D) what are the returns available to investors from funds that sell at a large premium?
• E) what is the average premium?

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Definitions:

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A continuous sequence in which adjacent elements are not perceptibly different from each other, although the extremes are quite distinct.

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