Understanding Interest Rates 4.1 Measuring Interest Rates 1) The concept of ________ is based on the common-sense notion that a dollar paid to you in the future is less valuable to you than a dollar today. A) present value B) future value C) interest D) deflation Answer: A 2) The present value of an expected future payment ________ as the interest rate increases. A) falls B) rises C) is constant D) is unaffected Answer: A 3) An increase in the time to the promised future
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P6–1 Interest rate fundamentals: The real rate of return Carl Foster‚ a trainee at an Investment banking firm‚ is trying to get an idea of what real rate of return investors Are expecting in today’s marketplace. He has looked up the rate paid on 3-month U.S. Treasury bills and found it to be 5.5%. He has decided to use the rate of change In the Consumer Price Index as a proxy for the inflationary expectations of Investors. That annualized rate now stands at 3%. On the basis of the information
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discusses the valuation of stocks and bonds. It says that in textbooks‚ the valuation of stocks and bonds is simply stated as the present value of all the future cash flows expected from the security. The concept is logical‚ straightforward‚ and simple. The valuation of bonds is usually presented first‚ since the relatively certain cash flows are broken into an annuity and a payment of the par value at some specific date in the future. Preferred stock valuation follows bond valuation and the value
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The Interest Rate Essentially‚ interest is nothing more than the cost someone pays for the use of someone else’s money. The interest rate that applies to investors is the Federal Reserve’s federal funds rate. This is the cost that banks are charged for borrowing money from Federal Reserve banks. Why is this number so important? It is the way the Federal Reserve (the "Fed") attempts to control inflation. Inflation is caused by too much money chasing too few goods (or too much demand for too little
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Matlab to get an intuitive understanding of bonds valuation. 1. Basic knowledge: 1.1 The price equation and its six contributing factors As we know‚ there are six factors that determine the expected price of bonds: the par value(F)‚ the maturity(n) the yield to maturity(y)‚ the coupon interest(CF)‚ the interest payment frequency(m)‚ and the interest rates for each period(ri). We assume that the coupon interest is fixed‚ then the price of bonds(P)is the discounted cash flows of each period:
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Raising the Interest Rate Principles of Finance Introduction After years of declining interest rates‚ we are facing a dilemma; should the Federal government increase rates to contain inflation‚ or keep rates low to boost the US economy? Increases in consumption of oil‚ metals‚ materials‚ and food‚ both foreign and domestic‚ are increasing demand. Prices are rising on a global scale as demand increases. Additionally‚ the US is experiencing rising costs for healthcare and education. Yet‚ the
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Interest Rate Risk (IRR) Management What is Interest Rate Risk : Interest rate risk is the risk where changes in market interest rates might adversely affect a bank’s financial condition. The management of Interest Rate Risk should be one of the critical components of market risk management in banks. The regulatory restrictions in the past had greatly reduced many of the risks in the banking system. Deregulation of interest rates has‚ however‚ exposed them to the adverse impacts of interest rate
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Supervision of Interest Rate Risk Supporting Document to the New Basel Capital Accord Issued for comment by 31 May 2001 January 2001 Superseded document Superseded document Table of contents SUMMARY .............................................................................................................................................. 1 I. SOURCES AND EFFECTS OF INTEREST RATE RISK ............................................................. 5 A. SOURCES OF INTEREST RATE RISK
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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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CHAPTER 7 THE VALUATION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF BONDS PROBLEMS Assume all bonds pay interest semiannually. Finding the Price of a Bond – Example 7.1 (page 306) 1. The Altoona Company issued a 25-year bond 5 years ago with a face value of $1‚000. The bond pays interest semiannually at a 10% annual rate. a. What is the bond’s price today if the interest rate on comparable new issues is 12%? b. What is the price today if the interest rate is 8%? c. Explain the results
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