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Equity Investments
Market Organization and Structure practice questions
Market Organization and Structure is part of CFA Level I Equity Investments. Equity Investments questions test market organization, indexes, valuation inputs, industry analysis, and equity security characteristics. Use this page to review the controlling ideas, then work through 4 questions with answer explanations and common traps.
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Equity Investments
Market Organization and Structure
A portfolio manager buys 1,000 shares at USD50 using 50% initial margin. The maintenance margin is 30%. Ignoring interest and dividends, the share price at which the manager would most likely receive a margin call is:
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Market Organization and Structure
A trader shorts 800 shares at USD40. The initial margin requirement is 50%. The shares are covered at USD34 after the trader pays a USD0.50 per share dividend to the lender. Ignoring commissions and margin interest, the return on the initial margin is closest to:
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Market Organization and Structure
An institutional trader submits an order: 'Buy 50,000 shares at a limit price of USD24.20, good until canceled, all-or-nothing, settle regular way.' The all-or-nothing instruction is best classified as a:
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Market Organization and Structure
A security trades in a market where dealers continuously post bid and ask prices from their own inventories. A client submits a market order during a fast market after the displayed ask changes sharply. The trade execution is most accurately described as occurring in a:
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