Practice questions Quiz 1 FIR 3710 Investments 1. Why are derivatives potentially dangerous? A) They involve leverage. B) They are used to hedge. C) They are a tool for risk management. D) There are more than 1200 different derivatives on the market. 2. __________ assets generate net income to the economy and __________ assets define allocation of income among investors. A) Financial‚ financial B) Financial
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Bonds and Their Valuation After reading this chapter‚ students should be able to: • List the four main classifications of bonds and differentiate among them. • Identify the key characteristics common to all bonds. • Calculate the value of a bond with annual or semiannual interest payments. • Explain why the market value of an outstanding fixed-rate bond will fall when interest rates rise on new bonds of equal risk‚ or vice versa. • Calculate the current yield
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INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT UDBS Consider a 10 year bond that has a face value shs 1000‚ a coupon rate of 6% and pays interest once a year. (a)Suppose person A bought this bond at par when it was initially issued and sold it 1 year later to person B for shs 1024.What is B’s total return? Soln Total return =[ Interest paid +(selling price – buying price)]/buying price Given; Annual interest paid = coupon rate x par value‚ coupon rate = 6%‚ par value =1000. =
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BOND PROBLEM SOLUTIONS 1. Six years ago‚ The Corzine Company sold a 20-year bond issue with a 14 percent annual coupon rate and a 9 percent call premium. Today‚ Corzine called the bonds. The bonds originally were sold at their face value of $1‚000. Compute the realized rate of return for investors who purchased the bonds when they were issued and who surrender them today in exchange for the call price. PV = 1000; N = 6; PMT = 140; FV = 1090; CPT I/Y I/Y = 15.02% 2. You just purchased
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1. If you deposit $1‚500 today‚ how much will you have in 3 years‚ given that interest is 9%‚ compounded monthly 2. You just won $150‚000 scholarship. What is the value of this scholarship if the payment wil be made of $50‚000 per year for the next 2 years‚ followed by payments of $25‚000 per year for the next two years. The appropriate interest rate is 8% per year 3. A level-coupon bond has par value of $1‚000 that pays $120 per year and has 10 years to maturity. If the yield for similar
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Value Line Publishing Problems: The case highlights the performance review and financial-statement forecasting decisions of a Value Line analyst for retail building-supply industry in Oct 2002. The industry is dominated by two firms: Home Depot‚ with strong operating performance and Lowe’s‚ with strong stock-market performance. The industry is highly consolidated with two major players‚ high barriers to entry and with the independent hardware stores struggling to remain competitive. This is also
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What are Yield to Maturity (YTM) and Yield to Call (YTC)? By calculating the present and future value of bonds‚ managers can make sound decisions about their potential strengths and weaknesses as investments. Answer the following questions in this week’s Discussion 2 thread: 1. What terms (or inputs) are needed to calculate yield to maturity (YTM)? How does this compare to calculating yield to call (YTC)? To calculate the YTM you will need to use Annual Interest‚ Par value‚ Market Price
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PROBLEM SET # 1 Instructions: 1) Open book‚ open notes limited to only class materials. 2) Unlimited time. 3) This must be reflective of your individual effort. GMU Honor Code applies. 4) The Problem Set #1 (only the question solutions portion) is due at the end of the day on September 24th. 5) Show all work‚ as partial credit will be given for each question’s answer. Organize your work so it is easy to follow. You can use word‚ power point‚ excel or combinations
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CONTENTS Introduction of bonds……………………………………………..01 Characteristics of Bonds…………………………………………01 Types of Bonds…………………………………………………… 06 Bonds Market……………………………………………………… 08 Introduction of Pakistan bond market……………...................08 How Bonds Trade……………………………………………….….09 Bond Price Variations……………………………………………..09 Bond valuation…………………………………………..................09 Types of bonds trade in Pakistan……………………………….10 Government Debt Securities……………………………………..10 Characteristics of MTBs and PIBs………………………………12
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Answers Using present value to value bonds A bond‚ from the perspective of the person issuing the bond is a form of long term debt. In the hands of the person who has acquired the bond it is an asset. The agency issuing the bond agrees to pay a fixed sum of money to the holder of the bond for a period of years and then‚ at the end of that period‚ to pay back the face value of the bond. Bonds can be issued by a variety of agencies/companies: 1. Municipal bonds: issued by cities‚ states
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