MBA 8135 Practice Bond Valuation Problems SOLUTIONS 1. Calculate the current price of a $1‚000 par value bond that has a coupon rate of 6% p.a.‚ pays coupon interest annually‚ has 14 years remaining to maturity‚ and has a yield to maturity of 8 percent. PMT = 60; FV = 1000; N = 14; I = 8; CPT PV = 835.12 2. You intend to purchase a 10-year‚ $1‚000 par value bond that pays interest of $60 every six months. If the yield to maturity is 10% with semiannual compounding‚ how much should you be willing
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“Home schooling is becoming an increasingly popular option with many American families” (“Benefits” par. 1). Public schools are becoming very unsafe. Drugs‚ violence‚ and sex are the issues going on in public schools. Students lives will be ruined if they are around those issues. Instead of going to public schools‚ students should try home schooling. The students will be safer while being home schooled. The benefits of home schooling provide easy scheduling‚ family protection‚ and better concentration
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esteemed African writers in English. Chinua Achebe was born in eastern Nigeria on November 16‚ 1930 Isaiah and Janet Achebe (Bucker pars.1). Isaiah Okafor Achebe was a catechist for the Church Missionary Society and his wife to traveled Eastern Nigeria evangelist before settling in ogidi‚ Isaiah’s ancestral Igbo village‚ and five years after Chinua Achebe’s birth (Bucker pars 2). Growing up in Ogidi‚ Achebe he began to learn English at the age of eight and had contact with both Christian and Igbo religious
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Abstract: On the base of the definition of stylistics‚ this thesis gives a detailed analysis of some the of stylistic devices used in the famous speech by the well-known American civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ and then probes into the stylistic characteristics of speech as a style. Key words: Stylistics‚ Stylistic devices‚ analysis‚ speech As an interdisciplinary field of study‚ stylistics promises to offer useful insights into literary criticism and the teaching of literature
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specifically in the big band and jazz genres. Nathaniel Adams Coles was born in Montgomery‚ Alabama on March 17‚ 1919 (Ruhlmann par. 3). His family moved to Chicago in 1921‚ where he began to play the piano at age four and took classical lessons at age 12 (Ruhlmann par. 4). When he was 15‚ Cole dropped out of high school in order to pursue a career as a jazz pianist (Ruhlmann par. 4). In 1937‚ Cole formed the King Cole Trio and began doing live performances and occasional recordings for small labels as
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fat even though they are underweight (“What is Anorexia Nervosa?” par. 1). The patient is in denial about the seriousness
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sessions with the kids or teens about drug prevention . DARE has been around since 1983 and started in Los Angeles (Lohman‚ 2010‚ par. 2). This program was designed at first to help students be aware of illegal drugs and to resist peer pressure. Now‚ DARE has expanded to not only its original purpose‚ but also to help awareness about abuse‚ online safety‚ and gangs (par. 2). DARE has since then expanded to many states including Florida. DARE requires the Police Departments of each town to fund and
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high-risk categories‚” (par 1) * “when you speak with great educators‚ and look behind the test scores‚ the lessons learned in studying music‚ learning to play an instrument‚ playing in a band‚ learning to read music‚ all provide a richness to a child’s education that will last a lifetime‚” (par 1). * Because of the declining math and reading scores‚ it is causing the students to double up on classes. This then does not give them time to take any form of music education. (par 12). * “You cannot
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Citibank Frits Seegers : President of Citibank California Lisa Johnson : Area Manager James McGaran : Branch Manager of Los Angeles Area Branch. Lisa Johnson Los Angeles area Manager. Joined the company in 1978 in Chicago and moved to California in early 1988. Her area was the biggest in the division and included two regions that had previously been managed separately. Supported many managers and was well versed with the events in each branch. James mcgaran Working in the banking industry
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At the beginning of the story‚ Phoenix is described as having a "golden color [running] underneath [her skin]‚ and the two knobs of her cheeks were illuminated by a yellow burning under the dark" (Welty‚ par. 2). Welty further describes Phoenix’s hair as being tied back in a "red rag" (Welty‚ par. 2). These images cannot be taken to be a mere coincident as the phoenix from
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