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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Huck Maturity Throughout the novel the adventure of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain‚ Huck‚ and the main character of the story makes many decisions on his adventure that could affect him and his adventures of running away from home. However‚ his decisions lead him to being a mature person at the end; he has making decisions that could lead to the end on his adventure. There are many things and decision that he makes as a mature person and make him different from the beginning of the story. Huck
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Purpose The purpose of the experiment is to determine the percent yield of the precipitate; by performing double displacement reaction between solutions of two different compounds. Introduction First of all when making a solution of two different compounds; there will many variables that can be considered during the experiment. However‚ the variables are controlled variables. Controlled Variables ∙amount of water that will be dissolved with the compound (amount of water until the compound is
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CHARACTERISTIC OF BONDS AND STOCKS 1.0 Bonds A bond is a promissory note issued by a business or a governmental unit. Treasury bonds‚ sometimes referred to as government bonds‚ are issued by the Federal government and are not exposed to default risk. Corporate bonds are issued by corporations and are exposed to default risk. Different corporate bonds have different levels of default risk‚ depending on the issuing company ’s characteristics and on the terms of the specific bond. Municipal bonds are issued
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Subject: Corporate Finance (3 credits) Reference book: 1. Essentials of managerial Finance: Harcourt College 2000 2. Fundamentals of financial management: Mc Graw Hill 2007 Chapter 01: An overview of Finance What is finance? Finance is concerned with decisions about money (cash flows) Finance decisions deal with how money is raised and used Everything else being equal: * More vale is preferred to less * The sooner cash is received the more value it has * Less risky
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Assignment for Week -2 Chapter 5 (5 - 9) Bond Valuation and Interest Rate Risk Bond L Bond S INS = $100 INS = $100 M = $1‚000 M = $1‚000 N = 15 Years N = 1 Year a) 1) rd = 5% VBL = INT/ (1 + rd)t + M/ (1 + rd)N =INT [1/rd – 1/ rd(1 + rd)N ] + M/ (1 + rd)N =$100 [1/0.05 – 1/ 0.05(1 + 0.05)15] + $1‚000/ (1 + 0.05)15 =$1040 + $480.77 = $1518.98
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Catastrophe Bonds By Kirill Graminschi The trouble with Catastrophe Bonds The article presents the difficulties insurance companies face when they are issuing catastrophe bonds. Do they efficiently hedge against large-scale disasters? It is very difficult hedging against catastrophic losses. Japan’s March earthquake‚ tsunami and nuclear disaster threat could cost the insurance industry between $21 and $34 billion. The catastrophe bonds are not helping much the insurance companies‚ although
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is settled on day 210? 2. Using information in Table 7.1‚ complete the following: (a) Given the zero-coupon bond prices‚ compute the implied forward rates from time 1 to time 2‚ time 2 to time 3 and time 1 to time 3. (b) Calculate the implied coupon rate of a 2-year par coupon bond that will be issued at time 1. 3. Suppose the coupon rates for 1-year‚ 2-year‚ and 3-year par coupon bonds are 5%‚ 5.97%‚ and 6.91%‚ respectively. (a) Compute the implied effective annual forward rate between year 1
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Bond Market Power: The reasons behind James Carville ’s quote stating that if he would want to be reincarnated as the Bond Market as appose to a political figure or religious leader (Ferguson‚ N‚ 2008) is clear‚ the Bond market since its inception over 800 years ago has been the most influential financial instrument throughout history. Its longevity and power far surpasses any leader. It affects the outcome of wars‚ the success and failures of even the largest economies and also touches the lives
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Information compiled by ___________________________________________________________ Stocks have historically had much higher returns than bonds. Can these excess returns be justified by the higher risk attached to stocks‚ or are there alternative explanations? The following is an abbreviated history of studies and models that articulate the logic of stock returns; included are both support for and alternatives to the equity risk premium. Edgar Lawrence Smith’s 1924 book Common Stocks
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