Recording Whiteboard Flag for Re Norman is contemplating investing in the stock market. During his discussions with his dealing representative, he was advised to be cautious and aware of the disposition effect. What is meant by the disposition effect? O It is a tendency amongst investors to use emotion as their investment strategy. O It is a tendency amongst investors to think about their money in isolation O It is a tendency amongst investors to sell winning positions too early. It is a tendency amongst investors to sell losing positions too early Recording Chat Whiteboard Which of the following statement about Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) is TRUE? O ETFs have lower MERS compared to mutual funds. 496-840-616 CO Usually, the market price of an ETF is the net asset value per unit (NAVPU) of the fund on that day. O Investors receive the NAVPU as of the closing of the day the redemption order is submitted. O All ETFs are actively managed.

2. Kier, in The scenario, wants to determine how each of the 3 companies will decide on possible new investments. He was able to determine the new investment pay off for each of the three choices as well as the probability of the two types of market. If a company will launch product 1, it will gain 50,000 if the market is successful and lose 50,000 if the market is a failure. If a company will launch product 2, it will gain 25,000 if the market is successful and lose 25,000 if the market will fail. If a company decides not to launch any of the product, it will not be affected whether the market will succeed or fail. There is a 56% probability that the market will succeed and 44% probability that the market will fail. What will be the companies decision based on EMV? What is the decision of each company based on expected utility value?

2 Scenario Your client, InsureCorp, is an insurance company considering launching an 'income insur- ance' product in the nation of Motherland. Income insurance is a product that fully insures a household against changes in income caused by a major injury or illness. At present, no businesses are selling income insurance products in Motherland. Initial market research suggests that there are 15,000 households in Motherland interested in purchasing income insurance. Your client expects that the fixed cost of launching the income insurance product will be $25,000,000 per year, and that each policy issued to a customer will cost the company an additional $2,000 in sales commissions. 2.1 Your task Your client wants you to analyse the potential market for income insurance and report on the following: What is the maximum price the company can charge a household for an income insurance policy? What is the expected profit (or loss) for the company if it becomes a monopoly provider of income…

When the second order derivative of a function is greater than zero than the agent is risk lover. question; Asses the risk attitude of an agent represented by the expected utility function u(x)= 2x2-5. However my course material writes that this agent is risk neutral because it is affine. My question is that whys is this so despite the fact that the second order derivative is '4' which is >0. Kindly explain this to me with complete steps.