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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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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(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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the U.S. Treasury is (are) A) households and businesses. B) foreign financial institutions. C) the Federal Reserve System. D) foreign nonfinancial sectors. 3. The largest deficit unit is (are) A) households and businesses. B) foreign financial institutions. C) the U.S. Treasury. D) foreign nonfinancial sectors.
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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 ‚ 21 per
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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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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 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
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