"Why were returns on junk bonds less volatile than those on investment grade bonds over the period 1982 1984" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 2 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Good Essays

    All the bonds in a particular issue may mature at the same time (term bonds) or in installments over a period of time (serial bonds). Serial bonds are like installment notes payable. Some of Southwest Airlines long-term debts are serial in nature because they are payable in installments. Secured‚ or mortgage‚ bonds give the bondholder the right to take specified assets of the issuer if the company defaults that is‚ fails to pay interest or principal. Unsecured bonds‚ called debentures‚ are backed

    Premium Bond Money Finance

    • 495 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Problems on Risk and Return 1) Using the following returns‚ calculate the arithmetic average returns‚ the variances and the standard 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

    Premium Investment Rate of return Interest

    • 383 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Bond and Bonds Payable

    • 451 Words
    • 2 Pages

    000. What is the balance in Agee’s investment account at the end of 2010 Cost $500‚000 Share of net income (.25 × $360‚000) 90‚000 Share of dividends (.25 × $160‚000) (40‚000) Balance in investment account $550‚000 2)During 2008‚ PK Co. purchased 2‚000‚ $1‚000‚ 9% bonds. The carrying value of the bonds at December 31‚ 2010 was $1‚960‚000. The bonds mature on March 1‚ 2015‚ and pay interest on March 1 and September 1. PK sells 1‚000 bonds on September 1‚ 2012‚ for $988‚000

    Premium Bond Stock Stock market

    • 451 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Bonds

    • 858 Words
    • 4 Pages

    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

    Premium Bond Finance Stock

    • 858 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Bonds: Bond and Cash Flow

    • 1024 Words
    • 5 Pages

    BONDS Bonds pay fixed coupon (interest) payments at fixed intervals (usually every six months) and pay the par value at maturity. Par value = $1‚000 Coupon = 6.5% or par value per year‚ or $65 per year ($32.50 every six months). Maturity = 28 years (matures in 2032). Issued by AT&T. Types of Bonds Debentures - unsecured bonds. Subordinated debentures - unsecured “junior” debt. Mortgage bonds - secured bonds. Zeros - bonds that pay only par value at maturity; no coupons. Junk bonds - speculative or

    Premium Bond Investment Bonds

    • 1024 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Discuss Buffett’s analysis of the junk bond failures of the 1980s.What is Buffett’s view of the role to be played by investment bankers? | In regards to investing in stocks‚ bonds‚ currencies‚ or other investment products‚ it has always been a normal emotion to be happy when a stock price rose and upset when a stock price fell. Yet for Warren Buffet and his team at Berkshire they welcome these declining prices because of the opportunities it brings. According to Warren Buffet‚ a true investor

    Premium Bond Banking Finance

    • 1554 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Bonds And Yields

    • 3684 Words
    • 17 Pages

    10 Bond Prices and Yields 1. a. Catastrophe bond: Typically issued by an insurance company. They are similar to an insurance policy in that the investor receives coupons and par value‚ but takes a loss in part or all of the principal if a major insurance claim is filed against the issuer. This is provided in exchange for higher than normal coupons. b. Eurobond: They are bonds issued in the currency of one country but sold in other national markets. c. Zero-coupon bond: Zero-coupon bonds are

    Premium Bond Bonds

    • 3684 Words
    • 17 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Stocks and Bonds

    • 949 Words
    • 4 Pages

    In the financial markets‚ the most common forms of marketable securities are stocks and bonds. Though they have some similarities to each other‚ they differ greatly in many aspects. Broadly speaking‚ both financial instruments enable one to invest in corporations‚ public and/or private‚ with possible profitable returns in the future. Stocks (or shares)‚ by definition‚ are shares of ownership in a company. By purchasing stocks in a company‚ the investor becomes a part owner‚ and thereby owns a percentage

    Premium Stock Stock market Bond

    • 949 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Bond Spreadsheet

    • 410 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Bond SpreadsheetPhase 3 Discussion BoardCheryl PonderColorado Technical University OnlineIntroduction to Corporate FinanceProfessor Richard FendlerFINC 390 – 1204B – 08  Reulters Corporation Bond Spread (Bonds Online‚ 2012) Rating | 1year | 5year | 10years 15 years | 30 years | AAA | 14 | 40 | 68 N/A | 90 | BB | 195 | 225 | 265 N/A | 285 | CCC (JUNK) | 450 | 495 | 515 N/A | 545 | US Treasury Yield | 4.74

    Premium Finance

    • 410 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Bonds Efficiency

    • 18015 Words
    • 73 Pages

    Journal of Banking & Finance 36 (2012) 2216–2232 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Journal of Banking & Finance journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jbf Are corporate bond market returns predictable? Yongmiao Hong a‚b‚ Hai Lin c‚d‚ Chunchi Wu e‚⇑ a Department of Economics‚ Cornell University‚ Ithaca‚ NY 14853‚ USA Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics and MOE Key Laboratory in Econometrics‚ Xiamen University‚ Xiamen 361005‚ China c Department of Accountancy

    Premium Bonds Bond

    • 18015 Words
    • 73 Pages
    Powerful Essays
Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 50