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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Mid Term – 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
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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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is day 0‚ the loan will be initiated on day 60 and will mature on day 210.) The implied forward rate over 150 days‚ and hence the rate on 150-day FRA‚ is 2.5%. The actual interest rate over that period could be either 2.4% or 2.6%. (a) If the interest rate on day 60 is 2.6%‚ how much will the lender have to pay if the FRA is settled on day 60? How much if it is settled on day 210? (b) If the interest rate on day 60 is 2.4%‚ how much will the lender have to pay if the FRA is settled on day 60? How much
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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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Year X Y 1 8% 16% 2 21 38 3 17 14 4 -16 -21 5 9 26 2) You bought one of the Great White Shark Repellant Co’s 8 per cent coupon bonds one year ago for $1030. These bonds make annual payments and mature six years from now. Suppose you decide to sell your bonds today ‚when the required return on the bonds is 7 per cent .If the inflation rate was 4.2 per cent over the past year ‚what was your total real return on investment ? 3) A stock has had returns of 3 per cent ‚38 per cent
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market. 6. Which of the following is a capital market instrument? A) a sixmonth CD B) a threemonth Treasury bill C) a tenyear bond D) an agreement for a bank to loan funds directly to a company for nine months. 7. Which of the following is a money market security? A) Treasury note B) municipal bond C) mortgage
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INTEREST RATES AND BOND VALUATION L E A R N I N G LG1 Describe interest rate fundamentals‚ the term structure of interest rates‚ and risk premiums. LG2 Review the legal aspects of bond financing and bond cost. LG3 LG4 Discuss the general features‚ quotations‚ ratings‚ popular types‚ and international issues of corporate bonds. LG5 LG6 G O A L S Apply the basic valuation model to bonds and describe the impact of required return and time to maturity on bond values
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330-s2013-prac9 1. An American put option gives its holder the right to _________. A. buy the underlying asset at the exercise price on or before the expiration date B. buy the underlying asset at the exercise price only at the expiration date C. sell the underlying asset at the exercise price on or before the expiration date D. sell the underlying asset at the exercise price only at the expiration date 2. An American call option gives the buyer the right to _________. A. buy the underlying
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1. Writing is not permitted in reading time. All pens‚ pencils and highlighters must be on your desk. 2. Part A - There are 15 multiple choice questions worth 1 mark each. Select the ’one best’ answer choice for each question. Answers to these must be recorded on a red-coloured General Purpose Answer Sheet which will be marked by a computer. Please make sure your name and SID is on this sheet. Answers on this test question paper will not be marked. 3. Part B - There are 2 short answer questions. The
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