good answer will review two financial innovations‚ e.g. the floating-rate debt innovation and the zero coupon bond innovation‚ and look at the reason why these instruments were a success initially (why investors believed they could perform a useful role) and why they later became standardised (in the case of zero coupon bonds‚ for instance‚ the initial tax-motive for trading zero coupon bonds became eliminated through changes in the tax-code‚ but they continued to be a success because of the flexibility
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FIN3201 GROUP ASSIGNMENT (20%) Question 1 (18 marks) Nilai Sdn Bhd wishes to accumulate funds to provide a retirement annuity for its vice president of research‚ Dorcas Lee. Miss Lee‚ by contract‚ will retire at the end of exactly 12 years. Upon retirement‚ she is entitled to receive an annual end-of-year payment of RM42‚000 for exactly 20 years. If she dies prior to the end of the 20-year period‚ the annual payments will pass to her heirs. During the 12-year “accumulation period‚” Nilai wishes
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WSBl Summary Cliff Addis‚ the best bond salesperson on Wall Street who has never failed‚ persuaded his best customer‚ Louise Patterson‚ to buy the bonds of the company whose value diminished by 3% 2 days later. Trying to becalm Louise‚ Cliff lied saying that the bonds would turn round and he would gain profit. When Cliff came home‚ he read in a newspaper that the Wisconsin Credit bank is close to bankruptcy‚ but he perceived this message as “a golden investment opportunity”. Problem Mr.Addis
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Investment After-inflation return Emerging stock market stocks 11.5% Small-company U.S. stocks 9.0% European and Asian stocks 8.2% S&P 500 Index (large U.S. stocks) 7.2% Art 4.0% Residential real estate 2.8% U.S. Corporate bonds 0.9% Long-term U.S. government bonds 0.4% Silver -0.3% (a) If you invest $10‚000 each year for the next 30 years in small-company stocks how much would you retire with (before taxes)? (b) Suppose you wanted to retire with enough to buy a 1‚000 acre spread in the
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to determine the value of TECO Energy’s securities (common stock‚ preferred stock and bonds) and then conduct a seminar to explain the process to the firm’s customers. To do this‚ Laura first reviewed the Value Line Investment Survey data and examined TECO’s latest Annual Report‚ especially Note E of its Consolidated Financial Statements (lists TECO’s long-term debt obligations‚ including its first-mortgage bonds‚ installment contracts and term loans‚ See Table 1). Table 1: Partial Long-term Debt
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Practice Questions for AMFI Test 1. A close-ended mutual fund has a fixed : a. NAV b. fund size c. rate of return d. number of distributors 2. The maximum load that a fund can charge is determined by the : a. AMC b. SEBI c. AMFI d. distribution agents based on demand for the fund 3. The amount required to buy 100 units of a scheme having an entry load of 1.5% and NAV of Rs.20 is : a. Rs.2000 b. Rs.2015 c. Rs.1985 d. Rs.2030 4. A gilt fund is a special type of fund that invests
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SHOULD RETAIL INVESTORS INVEST IN INDEX TRACKER FUNDS RATHER THAN ACTIVELY MANAGED FUNDS? Introduction: This essay sets out to know which type of investment fund is better for a retail investor. By this‚ we will consider the meaning and operations of an index tracker fund‚ as well as that of the actively managed funds. Furthermore‚ identify the advantages of index tracker funds over actively managed funds and draw conclusions in relation to the topic above. What is an index? An index is
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you can get in normal conditions in the sale thereof‚ the intrinsic value is when you divide the net assets in shares payable. What is the difference between the par value of a bond and the market value of a bond? The par value of a bond issued to entities so they can carry out their activities in the market but these bonds win or lose value depending on the prevailing interest rate at the time to give them‚ the fulfillment of the commitment not to pay them. Explain the difference between the bond’s
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= Liabilities + Equity Date Cash Bond Payable Interest Payable Interest Expense +300‚000 +300‚000 (a) Jan 1 -12‚000 -12‚000* (b) July 1 +12‚000 -12‚000 (C) Dec 31 *(R$300‚000 X 8% X 1/2) = 12‚000 E 10-10 (a) 1. Assets = Liabilities + Equity Date Cash Bond Payable Discount on B/P +485‚000 +500‚000 -15‚000 2. Semiannual interest payments ($20‚000* X 10) $200‚000 Plus: bond discount 15‚000 Total cost of
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BONDS - TV Commercial 1. Product name/ brand Mr George Allan Bond established Bonds in 1915‚ he was an ambitious American businessman that arrived to Australia in the early 1900’s and followed his dreams. Bonds first began with importing hosiery. Once the company had relocated to Redfern in the western suburbs of Sydney in 1917‚ Bonds was on the way and had started manufacturing singlets‚ hosiery‚ gloves‚ socks‚ underwear‚ sportswear‚ baby wear and sleepwear‚ both for men
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