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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A Comparison between Two War Bonds Ads During the Second World War‚ the United States‚ like many other nations at the time‚ made heavy use of propaganda and advertisements to support the war effort‚ inspiring citizens to ration supplies‚ donate money‚ or even enlist as a soldier. These advertisements would invoke feelings of patriotism‚ unity‚ and affiliation for its readers‚ urging the necessity of the reader’s support despite not always being financially beneficial for the donator. Out of all the
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Subject: Give your point of view on the prospect of Hong Kong’s Freight industry. Support your argument with significant analysis and recommendation. Hong Kong is one of the most important international sea transportation hub. She still is currently in the leading position near the Pearl River Delta region where include Guangzhou‚ Shenzhen and Zhuhai‚ Foshan‚ Jiangmen‚ Zhongshan‚ Dongguan‚ Huizhou‚ Zhaoqing. However‚ by the rapid development of the sea ports in such mainland cities with
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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 cent
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RATES AND BOND VALUATION L E A R N I N G LG1 Describe interest rate fundamentals‚ the term structure of interest rates‚ and risk premiums. LG2 Review the legal aspects of bond financing and bond cost. LG3 LG4 Discuss the general features‚ quotations‚ ratings‚ popular types‚ and international issues of corporate bonds. LG5 LG6 G O A L S Apply the basic valuation model to bonds and describe the impact of required return and time to maturity on bond values. Explain
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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 are
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Abstract The terms “securities market” in Viet Nam is quite strange to the public while in many countries in the world‚ it have been developing dynamically. The securities market has its own attraction because of its important role to a national economy and interest for investors. Investing and growing securities market is one of the best ways to enrich our economy and create many opportunities for us. It can be only flourished if there are lots of investors with enough knowledge about securities
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all Vietnamese are Buddhist. Buddhist religion creates a lot of traditions and Vietnamese norms. Vietnamese consider Buddha is the greatest God; he sacrificed himself to find the way to overcome human sin. Vietnamese believe in the next life. If you a lot of good things in present you will get a better next life time. On the contrary‚ if you do bad things or treat people badly‚ you won’t be able to continue your next life and you will get a punishment suitable to your offences. So‚ Vietnamese always
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Corruption of Running a Bail Bonds Business As early as 1912 – over one hundred years ago – critics were concerned that poor people remained in jail while awaiting trial solely because of their inability to pay even small bail amounts‚ that bail bondsmen had become too prominent in the administration of justice and that corruption plagued the industry. The Justice Policy Institute (JPI) feels that the bail bonding industry stands in the way of fair and effective pre-trial justice with much backed
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Producer Protection‚ Prior Market Structure and the Effects of Government Regulation Assignment on Regulatory Economics 1/5/2012 INTRODUCTION The direct economic regulation of business by independent government commissions has a one-hundred year history on the North American continent. It is generally asserted that the purpose of such commissions is to protect consumers from exploitation by limiting the economic powers of certain firms having pervasive effects on the public interest
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