Exercise
Answer the following questions.
- 1. Which statement is true regarding NAV per share?
- A. NAV is the amount an investor will pay for her shares in a mutual fund.
- B. NAV is used to determine breakpoints.
- C. NAV is calculated just before the markets open on trading days.
- D. NAV represents the current value of a mutual fund share.
- 2. If NAV is $10 and the sales charge is 5%, what is POP? (Round to 2 decimal places.)
- 3. What classes of shares are sold at NAV with no up-front load?
- I. A shares
- II. B shares
- III. C shares
- IV. D shares
- A. I and IV
- B. II and III
- C. I and III
- D. III and IV
- 4. Distribution fees may also be known as:
- I. Fees paid for marketing and selling fund shares, such as advertising, printing, and mailing
- II. Front-end fees
- III. 12b-1 fees
- IV. Management fees
- A. II and IV
- B. I and III
- C. I and IV
- D. II and III
Answers
- 1. D. NAV is calculated after the close of trade each trading day.
- 2. $10.53. Formula: NAV = POP × (100% – sales charge %)
$10 = POP × (1.00 – 0.05) (changing the percentages to decimals)
$10 = POP × 0.95
$10 / 0.95 = POP (the result of dividing each side of the equation by 0.95)
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