NAME: MASSAWE BARAKA‚ REG. NO: 2010-04-03894. 12 FINANCE 202 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
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20%+ (YoY) expansion. Overall‚ the domestic 2W industry is expected to report a volume growth of around 13% in 2011-12 as the growth is expected to fade further in Q4‚ 2011-12 due to base effect. In an environment where the northward movement of inflation‚ fuel prices and interest rates has been the nemesis of the Indian automobile industry at large‚ the 2W industry has been the most resilient which is reflected in its healthy volume growth of 15.0% (YoY). The growth has been supported by various
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February‚ 2013 INFLATION BEHAVIOR: EVIDENCE FROM BANGLADESH Mohammad Zoynul Abedin1*‚ Fahmida – E – Moula2 and Shahnaz Parvin1* Mohammad Zoynul Abedin1*‚ Fahmida – E – Moula2 and Shahnaz Parvin (2013). Inflation Behavior: Evidence from Bangladesh. Bangladesh Res. Pub. J. 8(1): 07-17. Retrieve from http://www.bdresearchpublications.com/admin/journal/upload/1308102/1308102.pdf Abstract The rise in the inflation rate has prompted two views of the sources of higher inflation in Bangladesh. One
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90‚000 Share of dividends (.25 × $160‚000) (40‚000) Balance in investment account $550‚000 2)During 2008‚ PK Co. purchased 2‚000‚ $1‚000‚ 9% bonds. The carrying value of the bonds at December 31‚ 2010 was $1‚960‚000. The bonds mature on March 1‚ 2015‚ and pay interest on March 1 and September 1. PK sells 1‚000 bonds on September 1‚ 2012‚ for $988‚000‚ after the interest has been received. PK uses straight-line amortization. The gain on the sale is Discount amortization: $40
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Inflation “Inflation is the rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services is rising‚ and‚ subsequently‚ purchasing power is falling.” Central banks endeavour to put an end to grave inflation‚ along with drastic deflation‚ striving to keep the extravagant growth of prices at the lowest level. For example‚ if there is 5% inflation in a specific country and the price of sugar is usually £3‚ it will spontaneously escalate from £3 to £3.15. Every government’s tries to keep a low
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INFLATION: Inflation is a sustained increase in the general price level leading to a fall in the purchasing power of money. Inflationary pressures can come from domestic and external sources and from both the supply and demand side of the economy. FACTORS OF INFLATION: Inflation is defined as the rate (%) at which the general price level of goods and services is rising‚ causing purchasing power to fall. This is different from a rise and fall in the price of a particular good or service.
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lation is an inevitable property of any economy in the world. In simple words‚ inflation is the rise of general level of prices. However‚ inflation is a much more complex phenomenon than simply the increase of prices. Inflation (or general inflation) is also identified with the fall of market value of money within a particular economic system. However‚ some economists prefer to use the term inflation to describe a rapid increase in money supply in a single economy. Generally‚ this is the main cause
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INFLATION It can be stated that Inflation is the rise in prices of products as a result of the increase in the quantity of money. This definition however would be inefficient since for two reasons; 1. If we simply term inflation to be a rise in prices of certain products then we will be mistaken because prices might be rising in one sector of the economy yet falling in another sector. 2. We have to take into account that the process may be high this month but generally fall the following month
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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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Major Cause of Inequality.“The origin of inflation is often found in the panicky nervousness of unstable governments in politically unstable communities. Given political stability there is no reason why India should not be able to carry out her future plans without generating serious inflationary pressure on the price level.” Keeping 1960-61 as the base year‚ the Fourth five year plan save the price index at an all time high of 331 in September 1974 (with 1961-62-100). This was due to a combination
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