outstanding callable bonds? a. The company’s bonds are downgraded. b. Market interest rates rise sharply. c. Market interest rates decline sharply. d. The company ’s financial situation deteriorates significantly. e. Inflation increases significantly. . A 10-year bond with a 9% annual coupon has a yield to maturity of 8%. Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. If the yield to maturity remains constant‚ the bond’s price one year from now will be higher
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Case: Corning Inc.‚ Zero coupon convertible Bonds Cornhill needs funds to the order of $ 3.6 billion in cash to complete the acquisition of Pirelli. The company currently is planning to come up with an equity issue to raise $ 2.1375 billion at $ 71.25 per share. The remaining part of the fund requirements is furbished using zero coupon convertible debentures due in 2015‚ priced at $ 741.923 per $ 1‚000 principal amount. This offering price yields 2% p.a. compounded semi-annually. Corning is raising
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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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Salami Fraud (1) by M. E. Kabay‚ PhD‚ CISSP Associate Professor‚ Computer Information Systems Norwich University‚ Northfield VT The recent disclosure that WorldCom concealed almost $4 billion of expenses as if they were asset acquisitions and thus falsified its accounting reminds me of the very opposite kind of fraud – one that involves lots of little thefts instead of one gigantic theft. In the _salami fraud_‚ criminals steal money or resources a tiny bit at a time. Two different etymologies are
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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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To: David Rogers From: JMSB Analysis Group Date: December 2009 Group members: Jun Gao Jiaqi Yin Qing Zhang Antoine Vulcain Main issues: Evaluation of two possible products: 1. NPV of two possible products 2. WACC analysis --CPAM --Bond yield plus Recommendation: Product B(aircraft) will be suggested due to the situation of the company. ---If there are enough funds for the company‚ product A is also acceptable
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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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perpetual bond is currently selling for RS. 95/-. The coupon rate of interest is 13.5%. The approximate discount rate is 15%. The value of the bond and the YTM is: (a) Rs. 90/- and 14.2% Value is (13.5*15%=90) and YTM is ((13.5/95)*100=14.21%) (b) Rs. 100/- and 13.5% (c) Rs. 90 and 15% (d) Rs. 90/- and 13.5% 902. In 2001‚ Meridian Ltd. has issued bonds of Rs. 10‚000/-each due in 2011 with a 14% per annum coupon rate payable at the end of each year during the life of the bond. If the required
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equilibrium.” Using economic theory we assume that before the price ceiling was imposed‚ the city flats trade was found to be a in a free and competitive market. The main players in this market are landlords‚ rental agencies and flat hunters who each have their own motives and different needs. Landlords want to make the highest possible profit for renting their flats out; rental agencies which
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functions & Operative functions. [pic] Operative Functions include the below: 1. Employment ▪ Job Analysis It is the process of study and collection of information relating to the operations and responsibilities of a specific job. ▪ HR planning It is the a process of determination and assuring that the organisation will have an adequate number of qualified persons‚ available at proper times‚ performing job which
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