NIGERIA MARCH 4-14 2008 THE BOND MARKET IN GHANA-CHALLENGES FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT A. Introduction A bond has been defined as a debt (loan) instrument which requires the issuer to repay the investor the amount borrowed with interest over a predetermined period of time. Bonds can be callable‚ redeemable‚ convertible‚ extendable or retractable. They may have warrants attached to them as a sweetner. They may also be income generating or have zero coupons. Bond investors are exposed to some
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"I must have big feet‚ my foot is nearly as long as my Mom’s!" But then she thought to measure heights‚ and found she is 133cm tall‚ and her Mom is 152cm tall. In a table this is: Allie Mom Length of Foot: 21cm 24cm Height: 133cm 152cm The "foot-to-height" ratio in fraction style is: Allie: 21 133 Mom: 24 152 So the ratio for Allie is 21 : 133 By dividing both values by 7 we get 21/7 : 133/7 = 3 : 19 And the ratio for Mom is 24 : 152 By dividing both values by 8 we get 24/8 : 152/8 = 3 : 19
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Chapter 1 Introduction to Capital Market 1. Capital Market Capital markets are financial markets for the buying and selling of long-term debt- or equity-backed securities over one year is traded. Security includes- shares‚ debentures‚ bonds etc. A key division within the capital markets is between the primary markets and secondary markets. In primary markets‚ new stock or bond issues are sold to investors‚ often via a mechanism known as underwriting. The main entities seeking to raise
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TYPES OF BONDS There are a plenty amount of different types of bonds‚ existing nowadays. Actually‚ the bond market offers investors a lot more choices than the stock market. Which bonds to choose depends on the goals‚ tax situation and the risk tolerance of a person who is going to invest in bonds. The broad bond market includes in itself government‚ municipal‚ corporate‚ mortgage-backed or asset-backed securities and international bonds. Within each broad bond market sector it is possible to
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with your answers. 1. (10 marks) Consider two firms that are identical other than their share prices‚ their dividend growth rate‚ and their rates of return on equity. Which of these two firms has the greater dividend yield? Explain. Use no numerical examples in your answer. 2. (10 marks) A public firm is considering a general cash offer of new common shares. Describe and explain how this firm’s “primary market” share price and its “secondary market” share price are related to one another
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Bond Case Sam Strother and Shawna Tibbs are vice presidents of Mutual of Seattle Insurance Company and co-directors of the company’s pension fund management division. An important new client‚ The North-Western Municipal Alliance‚ has requested that Mutual of Seattle present an investment seminar to the mayors of the represented cities‚ and Strother and Tibbs‚ who will make the actual presentation‚ have asked you to help them by answering the following questions. What are the key features of a
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monitors that we have available within fixed income on the Bloomberg terminal. The first tool that we want to use to look at news‚ news for fixed income. So what we’ll do is we’ll navigate down to the bottom of the menu‚ and we’ll click on 14 NBOND for bond news. Clicking that‚ it’ll load a very familiar page for you. This is the news categories. And you’ll notice on the top left in the toolbar it says bonds. So now we have our top bond news. This isn’t just our top bond news‚ but also
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Bond Practice Problems II 1. Seven years ago your firm issued $1‚000 par value bonds paying a 7% semi-annual coupon with 15 years to maturity. The bonds were originally issued at par value. a. What was the original yield to maturity on the bonds? They were issued at par…so the YTM = Coupon rate: 7% b. If the current price of the bonds is $875‚ what is the yield to maturity of the bonds TODAY? 1000 FV .07(1000)÷2= PMT (15-7)*2 = N -875 PV I/Y = 4.623*2 = 9.25% c. If the yield
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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 share of the company’s after tax profits. Stocks/shares have two key characteristics:
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The extent to which your questionnaire is measuring what it appears to be measuring 8 Content Validity. The extent to which items on the questionnaire are representative of the domain under study. 8 Construct Validity. The extent to which an instrument measures the construct or trait under study. Regardless of the trait under study you can identify some theoretical constructs
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