The corporate bond market is “thin” compared to the market for money market securities or corporate stocks. a) true Prices in the corporate bond market tend to be less volatile than prices of securities sold in markets with greater trading volumes. a) False All other things being equal‚ a given change in the interest rates will have a greater impact on the price of a low-coupon bond than a higher-coupon bond with the same maturity. a) True If investors believe inflation will be increasing in the
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| | | Course Project - Part 1 - Task 1: Assessing loan options for AirJet Best Parts‚ Inc. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Question 1: | APR (given) | EAR (calc) | | 2nd ICONV | | | | | | National First | 3.25 + 6.75 = 10% | 10.25 | | NOM = 10% | | | | | | | | | | C/Y = 2 (semiannual) | | | | | | | | | | EFF = 10.2500 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Regions Best | 13.17 | 13.99 | | 2nd ICONV
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Witten Course Project Part I Task 1 1. National First (Prime rate is 3.25%) +6.75% = 10% Semiannually EAR = (1+.10/2) ^2 – 1 which is 10.25 Regions Best Rate is 13.17% Monthly EAR = (1+.1317/12) ^12 – 1 which is 13.99 2. I think that between National First and Regions Best that National first offers the lower rate after computing the EAR. National first is also only compounded semiannually making it lower then Regions Best. The only thing I worry about it the prime rate changing because if
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Assessing loan options for AirJet Best Parts‚ Inc. 1. MPRIME as of 08/2013 was 3.25% APR for National First = 3.25% + 6.75% = 10% APR for Regions Best 13.17% EAR for National First [(1 = ((10%)/2)) 2-1 = 10.25% EAR for Regions Best [(1 = ((13.17%)/12)) 12-1 = 13.9947% 1. Based on the information about I would choose National First because of the lower EAR rate of 10.25% and also because the EAR is compounded semiannually making the EAR even lower over Regions Best who had a higher EAR at 13
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October 2014 Bond Pricing Qu 1: Time to Maturity Zero Coupon Rate Discount Factor 1 5% 2 6% 3 7% 4 8% 5 9% Give the formula for the discount factor in terms of the zero coupon rate. Use the formula to fill in the discount factors in the table above (you can write the formula or using excel calculate the numerical value). Assume that the government wishes to issue a new 5 year bond priced at 100 (called a par coupon bond as it is priced at par i.e. the price is the same as the face value) given the
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Project – Part I Task 1: Assessing loan options for AirJet Best Parts‚ Inc. The company needs to finance $8‚000‚000 for a new factory in Mexico. The funds will be obtained through a commercial loan and by issuing corporate bonds. Here is some of the information regarding the APRs offered by two well-known commercial banks. Bank | APR | Number of Times Compounded | National First | Prime Rate + 6.75% | Semiannually | Regions Best | 13.17 | Monthly | 1. Assuming that AirJet Parts‚ Inc
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(a) the six-month zero-coupon bond rate is calculated as follows: Rm=[m*(FV-PV)]/PV Rm=[2*(100-98)]/98=0.0482 Then this is converted into a continuously compounding rate: Rc=m*ln(1+Rm/m) Rc=2*ln(1+0.0482/2)=0.04763 The 1 year zero-coupon bond rate is calculated as follows: Rm=[1*(100-95)]/95=0.05263 Then this is converted into a continuously compounding rate: Rc=1*ln(1+0.05263/1)=0.05129 The 1.5 year zero-coupon bond rate is calculated as follows:
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equity in the acquisition. What weights should Templeton use in computing the WACC for this acquisition? 2. In August of 2009 the capital structure of the Emerson Electric Corporation (EMR) (measure in book and market values) appeared as follows: Thousands of dollars Book Values Market values Short- term debt $1‚312‚000 $1‚312‚000 Long-term debt 11‚880‚000 11‚880‚000 Common equity 9‚142‚000 26‚115‚000 Total capital 22‚334‚000 39‚307‚000 What weights should Emerson use when computing
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FINA0301GH | FINA2322GH Spring Semester‚ 2015 Derivatives School of Economics and Finance The University of Hong Kong Notes on homework assignments: Students should form groups of four to five members to work on the assignments together. Group switching is not allowed. Mandatory peer review will be carried out near the end of the semester. It is not necessary to computer-type the solution. However‚ the hand-written version has to be reader-friendly. Hard copies of the solutions must be dropped
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e.‚ of a zero coupon bond which pays $1 in half-year n. In the next two columns there are the cash flows of two bonds‚ A and B. Essentially‚ bond A pays a 20% semi-annual coupon and bond B pays a 10% semi-annual coupon. Both bonds mature in 2.5 years‚ when each also pays its principal of 100. Assume semi-annual compounding. Half Year 1 2 3 4 5 n Bond A Bond B .95 .91 .87 .80 .70 10 10 10 10 110 5 5 5 5 105 A. Calculate the price of each bond assuming there
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