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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i.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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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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($1000-($3000-$2000)) lost from one contract‚ margin call will be have. This could happen when the price of the wheat increase by (1000/ 5000) =$0.2 the price of wheat must increase to (4.5+0.2) = $4.7 per bushel for there to be a margin call. $1‚500 can be withdraw from the margin account‚ this will happen if the futures price fall to (1‚ 500 / 5‚000) = $0.3 to (4.5 – 0.3) $42 per bushel. 4.25 (a) the six-month zero-coupon bond rate is calculated as follows: Rm=[m*(FV-PV)]/PV Rm=[2*(100-98)]/98=0
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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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1 Why has apple been so successful? What do you attribute it to? Solution: Generally speaking‚ the reason why apple is successful is that there are there key points around great product and service‚ which are design thinking‚ clear development strategy and execution. What’s more‚ every point also contains many. Design thinking is the first‚ it is the bridge connecting designer and customer because of emotion can be transferred. In this aspect‚ Apple is the pioneer of personal computer for individual
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deviations for X and Y. 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
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Introduction The Greek people were the most successful ancient civilization. I think this because they came up with amazing things like‚ art. Greece also came up with amazing food. Lastly Greece is the most successful ancient civilization because of their outstanding battle groups winning many wars. The Fallen Warrior Greece is the most successful ancient civilization because of the Greek art piece of art fallen warrior from the temple of Aphaia. This is a piece of art created in c. 480-470 BC
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Microsoft How is Microsoft so successful? The answer is simple‚ due to a motivated fork force. Microsoft is successful because of their workplace environment‚ empowerment of employee ideas‚ and their employee benefits. A motivated work force causes a team of motivated people to work towards accomplishing their goals. In order to achieve the company’s goals‚ Microsoft hires not only experienced people but also young and talented graduates who the company believes will contribute by bringing in fresh
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about why coupons or bad or useless‚ leading them to avoid using coupons. It is time to debunk these wrong assumptions and put them to rest. Here are six of the most common myths regarding coupons and why they are false: Coupons are Not Worth the Savings Some people feel that coupons only save a fractional amount of money which won’t matter anyway in the long run. Another thing people feel is that stores know you’ll use the coupons‚ so they increase prices even more. This is also false. Coupons are
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