Topic Quiz: Portfolio Management
50 questions available
Key Points
- Risk Governance: Senior management sets risk tolerance.
- Risk Budgeting: Allocating risk to assets/strategies.
- Financial Risks: Credit, Liquidity, Market.
- Non-Financial Risks: Solvency, Settlement, Operational.
- Risk Modification: Transfer (Insurance), Shift (Derivatives).
Key Points
- Price reflects all information.
- Trends persist; History repeats.
- Support: Buying pressure prevents price drop.
- Resistance: Selling pressure prevents price rise.
- Change in Polarity: Breached support becomes resistance.
Key Points
- Reversal Patterns: Head and Shoulders, Double Top/Bottom.
- Continuation Patterns: Triangles, Rectangles, Pennants.
- Golden Cross: Short-term MA crosses above Long-term MA.
- Oscillators: RSI, MACD, Stochastic.
- Sentiment: Put/Call ratio, VIX, Margin Debt.
Key Points
- Big Data: Volume, Velocity, Variety.
- Machine Learning: Supervised vs. Unsupervised.
- Overfitting: Model learns noise as signal.
- Robo-advisors: Low cost, automated, conservative.
- Algorithmic Trading: Automated execution, HFT.
Key Points
- Blockchain: Sequential, cryptographically linked blocks.
- Permissionless: Open to all, no central authority.
- Miners: Solve cryptographic problems to validate.
- Smart Contracts: Self-executing based on terms.
- Tokenization: Digital proof of ownership.
Questions
Which of the following activities is best described as part of risk governance?
View answer and explanationRisk budgeting is most accurately defined as the process of:
View answer and explanationWhich of the following is classified as a non-financial risk?
View answer and explanationRisk shifting is most likely accomplished through the use of:
View answer and explanationAn organization decides to bear a specific risk itself rather than avoiding or transferring it. This is best described as:
View answer and explanationWhich of the following is a key assumption of technical analysis?
View answer and explanationTechnical analysis differs from fundamental analysis in that technical analysis:
View answer and explanationIn a candlestick chart, a filled (shaded) box (body) indicates that:
View answer and explanationAccording to the principle of change in polarity, once a resistance level is breached, it becomes:
View answer and explanationA head-and-shoulders pattern has a neckline at $120 and a head at $150. If the price breaks down through the neckline, the projected price target is:
View answer and explanationWhich of the following is considered a continuation chart pattern?
View answer and explanationA 'golden cross' occurs when:
View answer and explanationBollinger bands are constructed by drawing lines a specific number of standard deviations above and below a:
View answer and explanationUsing a contrarian strategy with Bollinger bands, an investor would most likely buy when:
View answer and explanationThe Rate of Change (ROC) oscillator is calculated as:
View answer and explanationAn RSI value of 85 most likely indicates that the asset is:
View answer and explanationIn the MACD indicator, the 'signal line' is defined as:
View answer and explanationConvergence between an oscillator and market prices suggests that:
View answer and explanationWhich of the following is considered a sentiment indicator?
View answer and explanationA very high put/call ratio indicates strongly bearish investor sentiment. A technical analyst would view this as a:
View answer and explanationThe VIX measures volatility of options on which underlying index?
View answer and explanationIncreases in total margin debt are generally viewed by technical analysts as:
View answer and explanationIntermarket analysis typically involves analyzing relationships among:
View answer and explanationIf a relative strength chart of Stock A versus a benchmark Index shows a rising trend, this implies:
View answer and explanationA 'top-down' approach to technical analysis would start with:
View answer and explanationWhich of the following refers to data generated by individuals, such as social media posts and reviews?
View answer and explanationThe 'velocity' characteristic of Big Data refers to:
View answer and explanationIn the context of data science, 'curation' involves:
View answer and explanationIn supervised learning, the algorithm is given:
View answer and explanationOverfitting occurs when a machine learning model:
View answer and explanationWhich application of fintech involves analyzing unstructured data in text or voice forms, such as regulatory filings?
View answer and explanationA primary advantage of robo-advisory services is:
View answer and explanationA distributed ledger that uses a consensus mechanism to validate new entries and links blocks sequentially is known as:
View answer and explanationIn a permissionless network using distributed ledger technology:
View answer and explanationTokenization refers to:
View answer and explanationWhich technical chart type displays the high, low, and closing prices but not necessarily the opening price?
View answer and explanationA 'dead cross' is a technical signal indicating:
View answer and explanationSmart contracts are best described as:
View answer and explanationWhich component of risk management involves deciding which risks should be taken and which should be reduced?
View answer and explanationWhich pattern suggests a pause in a trend rather than a reversal?
View answer and explanationThe stochastic oscillator consists of two lines, %K and %D. The %D line is:
View answer and explanationA period of low volatility where Bollinger bands move closer together is referred to as a:
View answer and explanationWhich term describes the lag between when data is generated and when it is communicated?
View answer and explanationRisk governance requires determining the organization's overall:
View answer and explanationWhich chart type would be most useful for analyzing the distribution of buyers and sellers over time?
View answer and explanationSettlement risk is best classified as a:
View answer and explanationWhich risk measure includes delta, gamma, vega, and rho?
View answer and explanationAn uptrend line is constructed by connecting the:
View answer and explanationWhich type of machine learning involves the computer learning to describe the structure of data without labeled outputs?
View answer and explanationTail risk is most appropriately measured by:
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