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The document discusses options trading and concepts related to investment banking such as underwriting, red herrings, and bid/ask spreads.

Underwriting is the process by which an investment banking firm assumes the risk of purchasing newly issued securities from a company and reselling those shares to investors in the market.

A preliminary prospectus not yet approved by the OSC is referred to as a red herring.

Quiz #2

January 22nd, 2013


AFM 121
Section Andrew Ecclestone, CFA

Name:_____________________
Student #:__________________

Question
1 -10
11
Total

Questions 1-10 (10 marks)

Score

Use the following information on options


AA Company: Price 35.20
Calls:
Strike
Symbol
Last
27.50
AAEY
7.70
30.00
AAEF
5.20
32.50
AAEZ
2.80
35.00
AAEG
0.45

Change
+0.28
+0.36
+0.30
+0.20

Bid
7.70
5.20
2.75
0.40

Ask
7.80
5.30
2.80
0.50

Volume
2
453
520
656

Open Int.
289
1,306
3,609
5,372

Puts:
Strike
35.00
37.50
40.00

Change
-0.20
-1.30
-0.10

Bid
0.25
2.30
4.80

Ask
0.30
2.40
4.90

Volume
19
11
2

Open Int.
1,607
114
13

Symbol
AAQG
AAQS
AAQH

Last
0.30
2.35
4.80

1.

You would like to have the right to purchase 500 shares of AA stock at a price of $35 a share.
How much will it cost you to buy options to meets this objective?

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

$125
$150
$200
$250
$300

2.

Which of the following is a primary asset?

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Call option.
Common stock.
Futures.
Put option.
All of the above.

3.

You are buying 500 shares of stock from your uncle in the NASDAQ market. This transaction is
taking place in the ____ market.

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Third
Primary
Initial
Secondary
OTC

4.

A(n) ________ specializes in finding buyers for newly issued securities and helps arrange
financing for companies.

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

stock market
investment banking firm
stock exchange
open market
commercial bank

5.

________ is the process by which an investment banking firm assumes the risk of purchasing
newly issued securities from a company and reselling those shares to investors in the market.

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Underwriting
New issue
Open market operations
Commercial sales
Firm commitment

6.

The percentage the investment banker keeps when selling a security for a company is called the
underwriter __________.

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Profit
Spread
Margin
Take
Markup

7.

A preliminary prospectus not yet approved by the OSC is referred to as a(n) ____.

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Primary prospectus
Red herring
Best effort document
Initial prospectus
Draft

8.

The price at which a dealer is willing to sell a security in the market is called the _____ price.
This is the ____ of the two prices quoted for securities.

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Ask; higher
Bid: higher
Ask; lower
Bid; lower
Spread; medium

9.

The majority of all capital market transactions occur in the

A.

Primary market

B.
C.
D.
E.

Secondary market
Third market
Fourth market
Direct placement market

10.

You place a stop-loss order at $78. The current share price is $82. The stock price drops the next
day to $75. What is the best price you could receive for your stock?

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

$75.00
$78.00
$74.99
$82.00
$75.01

11. Use the following information for the questions below.


Buy Orders
Shares
Price
300
$64.12
150
$64.10
400
$64.09
500
$64.05

Shares
200
150
75
300

Sell Orders
Price
$64.15
$64.16
$64.20
$64.21

Ensure that you reflect all orders in the order book as they occur. Ignore all commission costs.
a)

Purchase 100 shares at the market. What was your total purchase cost?

100 x 64.15 = $6,415


b)

Sell 500 shares with a limit order priced at $64.11. What is the best bid after the order
has been executed?

300 shares get sold at $64.12. 200 shares are offered at $64.11. Best bid is therefore $64.10
c)

What is the current best offer?

$64.11
d) Sell 200 shares at the market. What is the total amount you received on the sale of the
shares?
150 * 64.10 + 50 * 64.09 = $12,819.50

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