bonds‚ maturing in 7 years‚ pay 8% interest on a $1‚000 face value. However‚ interest is paid semi-annually. If your required rate of return is 10%‚ what is the value of the bond? How would your answer change if the interest were paid annually? 7) Sharp Co. bonds are selling in the market for $1‚045. These 15 year bonds pay 7% interest annually on a $1‚000 par value. If they are purchased at the market price‚ what is the expected rate of return? 8) You own a bond that pays $100 in annual interest
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Unemployment Rate by Race/Ethnicity Marcel Palomo ECON 201 17 MAR 13 Professor Mills Unemployment Rate by Race/Ethnicity There has always been a difference between unemployment rate from the four major ethnic groups which are White‚ Black or African‚ Hispanic or Latino‚ and Asian My paper will examine why there is such diversity in amongst these groups. People of Asian descent have the lowest unemployment rates compared to the other four groups‚ while unemployment among Hispanics
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Free exchange Savers’ lament The complex effects of low interest rates on consumption and investment Dec 1st 2012 | from The Economist print edition WHEN interest rates hit double digits in the late 1970s‚ house-builders sent planks of wood to the Federal Reserve in protest. With rates stuck near zero‚ the protests now come from the opposite direction. The retired complain of a “war on savings”. The Fed cut rates to current levels at the end of 2008 and has promised to keep them there until
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iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page…………………………………………………………….i Acknowledgement………………………………………………….ii Table of Contents…………………………………………………..iii-iv Chapter I: The Problem A. Introduction…………………………………………..1-4 B. Statement of the Problem………………………….4-5 C. Importance of the Study……………………………5 D. Scope and Delimitation…………………………….5 E. Methodology…………………………………………..6 F. Definition of Terms…………………………………..6 Chapter II: Presentation‚ Analysis and Interpretation
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investigation tested the hypothesis: The rate of osmosis will increase as the temperature increases 2x2x2cm cubes of potato were weighed and then placed into 100mL of 10% NaCl solutions for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes the cubes were again weighed to determine the amount of mass that they lost/gained and thus get an indication of the rate of osmosis. The results collected showed that the rate of osmosis was highest in the 70°C solution and lowest in the 20°C solution. From these results it was concluded that
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Contrast the advantages with the disadvantages of performance – based – pay. Which approach to pay do you think‚ would be the most beneficial to work organizations in the current economic climate. To begin this essay I would like to use the definition of what performance related pay is by Hoevemeyer : An intention to pay distinctly more to reward highly effective job performance than you are willing to pay for good solid performance‚ the objective of which should be to develop a productive
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of a dollar in euros? 4. What is the function of the Eurocurrency market? 5. Why do interest rates vary among countries? Why are interest rates similar for those European countries that use the euro as their currency? Small Business Dilemma Use of the Foreign Exchange Markets by the Sports Exports Company (see textbook‚ 8th edition) Chapter 4 Questions 1. Assume that the U.S. inflation rate becomes high relative to Canadian inflation. Other things being equal‚ how should this affect
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Rate of Osmosis vs Solute Concentration Introduction: In nature‚ the quest to reach equilibrium‚ or the state of rest or balance due to the equal action of opposing forces (http://www.dictionary.com). Osmosis and diffusion are two ways that cells reach this equilibrium‚ without exerting energy. Due to the unique nature of the phospholipid bilayer‚ small molecules can pass through the semipermeable membrane easily‚ through diffusion (https://www.biologycorner.com). Water‚ however‚ has a slightly more
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Chapter 1 Role of Financial Markets and Institutions 1. Financial market participants who provide funds are called A) deficit units. B) surplus units. C) primary units. D) secondary units. 2. The main provider(s) of funds to the U.S. Treasury is (are) A) households and businesses. B) foreign financial institutions
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government regulation of the minimum wage‚ and its advantageous or disadvantageous affects if the wage is raised. This report will also analyze the claims of the benefits and harms of raising the minimum wage by examining the validity and foundations for each argument‚ as well as provide alternatives to raising the minimum wage in order to help the poverty-stricken and low skilled workers that raising the minimum wage supporters are aiming to do. Minimum wage has been a subject of many debates since
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