requirements for the Degree of Masters in Finance & Control Department Of Business & Financial Studies University Of Kashmir Certificate This is to certify that the project entitled “Factors Affecting the Success and Failure of Futures Contracts” is research work done by Owais Javaid Qureshi‚ under my supervision‚ during March-April‚ 2012‚ submitted to the Department Of Business and Financial Studies‚ University Of Kashmir in partial fulfillment for the award of the Degree of Masters
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CHAPTER 6 INTEREST 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
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……………………………………… Student ID: …………………………..…………….. AFIN 253 Financial Management MID-SEMESTER TEST: TUESDAY 10th APRIL 2012 Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes plus 10 minutes reading time. Instructions 1. Writing is not permitted in reading time. All pens‚ pencils and highlighters must be on your desk. 2. Part A - There are 15 multiple choice questions worth 1 mark each. Select the ’one best’ answer choice for each question. Answers to these must be recorded on a red-coloured General Purpose Answer
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A common treasury: the Euro’s future The euro crisis is a direct consequence of the crash of 2008. When Lehman Brothers failed‚ the entire financial system started to collapse and had to be put on artificial life support. This took the form of substituting the sovereign credit of governments for the bank and other credit that had collapsed. At a memorable
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1) A $100 deposit today that earns an annual interest rate of 10% is worth how much at the end of two years? Assume all interest received at the end of the first year is reinvested the second year. 2) An investment of $100 today is worth $116.64 at the end of two years if it earns an annual interest rate of 8%. How much interest is earned in the first year and how much in the second year of this investment? 3) Which of the following investments has a larger future value? A $100 investment
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Time Value of Money 1) A store offers two payment plans. Under the installment plan‚ you pay 20% down and 20% of the purchase price in each of the next 4 years. If you pay the entire bill immediately‚ you can take a 5% discount from the purchase price. | a. | Calculate the present value of the payments‚ if you can borrow or lend funds at a 7% interest rate. Assume the product sells for $100. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) | Present value
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What is Contract? Discuss Essentials of Contact. According to Section 2 (h) of the Indian Contact Act‚ 1872‚ "A contract is “an agreement enforceable by law”. A contract therefore‚ is an agreement the object of which is to create a legal obligation i.e.‚ a duty enforceable by law. From the above definition‚ we find that a contract essentially consists of two elements: (1) An agreement and (2) Legal obligation i.e.‚ a duty enforceable by law. As per section 2 (e) "Every promise and every set of
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A futures contract is a standardized contract that is traded on a futures market. Traders buy and sell futures contracts with either of two intentions. There are individuals that are considered a hedger‚ such as farmers‚ assemblers‚ agricultural input suppliers and so on. A hedger is someone who wants to avoid or at least minimize price risk at all costs (Cheney‚ 2012). There are also people that are considered a speculator. Recently I have become a speculator within the wheat futures market. Wheat
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INTEREST RATE FUTURES IN INDIA Dr. Shashi Srivastava * Divya Srivastava ** Abstract In the era of globalization‚ one of the macro-economic variable that has come into great focus is interest rate. The volatility of interest rates has increased manifold in the last couple of years. Interest rate risk management has become very important and assorted instruments like interest rate
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1-11 The president of Southern Semiconductor Corporation (SSC) made this statement in the company’s annual report: “SSC’s primary goal is to increase the value of our common stockholders’ equity.” Later in the report‚ the following announcements were made : a. The company contributed $1.5 million to the symphony orchestra in Birmingham‚ Alabama‚ its headquarters’ city. b. The company is spending $500 million to open a new plant and expand operations in China. No profits will be produced
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