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1.
Changes in the amount of cash a fund has to invest in securities can affect its net asset value by ______.
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Altering the amount available for buying securities. This, in turn, can affect the total value of the fund's assets.
2.
Net asset value is the price you pay for a share of a mutual fund.
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False. It is the value of a share, and it is the price you get when you redeem a share. If the fund is a load fund, you must pay a sales charge in addition to the net asset value.
3.
Media quotes of closed-end funds carry all of the following except ________.
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Number of shares outstanding. Quotes include net asset value and price, but no information on outstanding shares.
4.
If a load mutual fund is quoted with a net asset value of 35 and a buy price of 36.25, what is its sales charge?
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$1.25. The sales charge, or load, is the difference between the buy price and the net asset value.
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How does a mutual fund's sales load affect its net asset value?
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It doesn't affect it. A load is added to a net asset value when shares are sold, but it does not affect the net asset value itself.