Resistance level support level question not answered

resistance level.
support level.
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The support level is defined to be a low price range in which buying activity is sufficient to stop
the decline in price.
CFA Level I
"Technical Analysis," Barry M. Sine and Robert A. Strong
Section 3.2
Question
187 of 240
An analyst collects data relating to five commonly used measures of financial leverage and
interest coverage for a randomly chosen sample of 300 firms. The data come from those firms'
fiscal year 2013 annual reports. These data are best characterized as:
time series.
cross sectional.
longitudinal.
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Data on some characteristics of companies at a single point in time are cross-sectional data.
CFA Level I
"Sampling and Estimation," Richard A. Defusco, Dennis W. McLeavey, Jerald E. Pinto, and David E.
Runkle
Section 2.3
Question
188 of 240
A portfolio manager would like to calculate the compound rate of return on an investment.
Which of the following mean returns will he most likely use?
Harmonic
Arithmetic
Geometric
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The geometric mean return represents the growth rate or compound rate of return on an
investment.
CFA Level I
"Statistical Concepts and Market Returns," Richard A. DeFusco, Dennis W. McLeavey, Jerald E.
Pinto, and David E. Runkle
Section 5.4.2

Question
189 of 240
The following information is available for a portfolio:
Asset Allocation
Weight (%)
Asset Class
Return (%)
Correlation with
Equities Class (%)
Asset Class
Equities 45 16 100
Mortgages 25 12 30
Cash and equivalents 30 2 10
The return on the portfolio is closest to:
10.8%.
10.0%.
8.2%.
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The portfolio return is the weighted mean return and is calculated as follows:
CFA Level I
“Statistical Concepts and Market Returns,” Richard A. DeFusco, Dennis W. McLeavey, Jerald E.
Pinto, and David E. Runkle
Section 5.4.1
Question
190 of 240
A sample of 240 managed portfolios has a mean annual return of 0.11 and a standard deviation
of returns of 0.23. The standard error of the sample mean is closest to:
0.01485.
0.00096.
0.00710.
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For a sample, the standard error of the mean is where s is the sample standard
deviation and n is the sample size), which here is: 0.23/√240 = 0.01485.
CFA Level I
"Sampling and Estimation," Richard A. DeFusco, Dennis W. McLeavey, Jerald E. Pinto, and David E.
Runkle
Section 3.1
Question
191 of 240
A tree diagram is most likely used when dealing with investment problems that involve outcomes
that are:
independent at each node.

unconditional at each node.
mutually exclusive.
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The following figure depicts an example of a tree diagram:
A tree diagram is a diagram with branches emanating from nodes representing either mutually
exclusive outcomes or mutually exclusive decisions. Mutually exclusive outcomes are dependent
(the occurrence of one outcome does affect the probability of occurrence of the other outcome).