Semester (2013) Mark McCabe Problem Set 1 Due in class on 27. March Instructions: Please show all of your work‚ e.g. all of the calculations associated with each solution. Your solutions should be typed and not handwritten. As I mentioned in class‚ students may work together to solve these problems‚ but plagiarism or copying is not permitted. On the 27th‚ please bring a paper copy to class‚ and e-mail me a digital copy (mccabe@umich.edu) before the beginning of class. 1. At the local Castorama
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FIN532M: Financial Derivatives Problem Set 2 DUE DATE: Feb. 12‚ 2015 1. How can you differentiate the forward price from the value of a forward contract? (2 points) 2. Explain why an FRA can be viewed as an exchange of a floating rate of interest for a fixed rate of interest payments and how you can use FRA in mitigating risks. (4 points) 3. The standard deviation of monthly changes in the spot price of live cattle is 1.2 cents per pound. The standard deviation of monthly changes in the futures
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paperwork of ECO 561 Week 2 Discussion Question 4 you will find the next information: As a student‚ what opportunity costs do you confront by enrolling in University of Phoenix’s MBA program? Does your organization or an organization with which you are familiar consider opportunity costs when evaluating strategic opportunities? For your organization‚ are opportunity costs fixed costs‚ variable costs‚ both‚ or neither? Economics - General Economics ECO 561 Week 1-6 Everything Icluded
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This pack of ECO 561 Week 4 Discussion Question 4 comprises: Recessions seem to show up every so often and create economic hardship. One might think that macroeconomic policymakers could tame the business cycle and implement policies that would end recessions. Are recessions a necessary fact of macroeconomic life? If not‚ what would it take to eliminate them? If they are unavoidable‚ what types of business can benefit from them? How would a recession affect your firm? Economics - General
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Running Head: Four Types of Business Brandon Mckinley University of Phoenix ACC/561 Introduction An Entrepreneur is a person who forms and operates a business. Entrepreneurs form and start companies by themselves‚ or with partners. Most of the time companies which are started by entrepreneurs are relatively small in size‚ but some grow into huge corporations‚ such as Microsoft which is owned by Bill Gates. Entrepreneurs have four different options when starting a business‚ which include
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International Finance Problem Set #4 1. A. Fundamental-based Forecasting: Analyzing the future on the basis of fundamental relationships between economic variables and exchange rate. Fixed exchange rates: The forecasting is based on indicators of sustainability such as current account deficits or surpluses‚ relative inflation rates and black market exchange rates. Floating exchange rates: The forecasting is based on factors that could influence macro economy such as monetary policies and
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Problem 17-1 Dividends and Taxes [LO2] Dark Day‚ Inc.‚ has declared a $5.60 per share dividend. Suppose capital gains are not taxed‚ but dividends are taxed at 15 percent. New IRS regulations require that taxes be withheld at the time the dividend is paid. Dark Day sells for $94.10 per share‚ and the stock is about to go ex-dividend. What do you think the ex-dividend price will be? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g.‚ 32.16)) Ex-dividend price $ Problem 17-2 Stock Dividends
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Bonds-1. Interest on a certain issue of bonds is paid annually with a coupon rate of 8%. The bonds have a par value of $1‚000. The yield to maturity is 9%. What is the current market piece of these bonds? The bonds will mature in 5 years. P= CPN x (1/y) {1-[1/(1+y)^n] + [FV/ (1+y)^n] CPN= 1000 x .08= 80 P= 80 (1/.09) {1- [1/(1.09)^5]} + [1000/(1.09)^5] = 73.39 (.351) + 649.35 = $675.11 Bonds-2. A certain bond has 12 years left to maturity. Interest is paid annually at a coupon rate of 10%. The bonds
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Biology 180 Problem Set 2 1. A population of marine gastropods has shell lengths that are normally distributed with a mean μ = 8 mm and variance σ2 = 2.15 mm2. a. what proportion of the population will have shell lengths between 6.5 mm and 8.5 mm? (3 points) b. what is the probability of finding a gastropod that has a shell length of exactly 7.5 mm? (1 point) c. if there are 1‚000 gastropods in an area‚ how many will have shell lengths greater than 5 mm? (3 points) 2. Childhood lead poisoning
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What is the present value of $150‚000 to be received 8 years from today if the discount rate is 11 percent? Question 1 options: | A) | $65‚088.97 | | B) | $71‚147.07 | | C) | $74‚141.41 | | D) | $79‚806.18 | | E) | $83‚291.06 | Question 2 (2 points) According to the Rule of 72‚ you can do which one of the following? Question 2 options: | A) | double your money in five years at 7.2 percent interest | | B) | double your money in 7.2 years at 8 percent interest
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