What does the risk profile of a security depend on?

CSULB Operations of A Private Enterprise vs Public Company Questions

1. What does the risk profile of a security depend on?

2. What are some of the similarities in owning shares in a private company versus owning shares in a public company?

3. What are some of the differences in owning shares in a private company versus owning shares in a public company?

4. Are there any differences in the operations of a private enterprise versus a public company?

5. What are the two key objectives for a private company that is looking to have an IPO?

6. Are there any disadvantages from a company management perspective in taking a company public? What if any are the advantages in staying private?

7. What is the best framework we can use to help to estimate risk of an investment?

8. What do we mean by “forecasting” past values and how is this a useful exercise in evaluating the risk of an investment? What is the purpose of “forecasting” past values?

9. What are some of the common measurements of risk?

10. What are the three factors that determine the “real rate of interest”?

11. In addition to these three factors, what is the fourth factor that affects “nominal interest rate”?

12. What do we mean by the “equilibrium real rate of interest”?

13. Is there a really good way to forecast inflation?

14. For investments with a holding period of less than one year, how do we compare them to investments with a holding period of exactly one year?

15. For investments with a holding period of more than one year, how do we compare them with investments with a holding period of exactly one year?

16. What is the main reason that low-cost passive investment strategies have grown in popularity over the past few years?