B) Financial‚ real C) Real‚ financial D) Real‚ real 3. Asset allocation refers to the __________. A) allocation of the investment portfolio across broad asset classes B) analysis of the value of securities C) choice of specific assets within each asset class D) none of the above 4. A __________ represents an ownership share in a corporation. A) call option B) common stock
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Online Coupons: Ideal for Wise Spenders When the economy is in a bad shape‚ people learned to control their spending and budget their money wisely. This newly developed habit includes searching for great bargains and deals. This has led to people flooding the different thrift shops and bargain stores in the country. Others tend to buy on second hand shops for items that do not necessarily need to be brand new. Other items and services that cannot be purchased in thrift shops are purchased through
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Bonds and Their Valuation After reading this chapter‚ students should be able to: • List the four main classifications of bonds and differentiate among them. • Identify the key characteristics common to all bonds. • Calculate the value of a bond with annual or semiannual interest payments. • Explain why the market value of an outstanding fixed-rate bond will fall when interest rates rise on new bonds of equal risk‚ or vice versa. • Calculate the current yield
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000 scholarship. What is the value of this scholarship if the payment wil be made of $50‚000 per year for the next 2 years‚ followed by payments of $25‚000 per year for the next two years. The appropriate interest rate is 8% per year 3. A level-coupon bond has par value of $1‚000 that pays $120 per year and has 10 years to maturity. If the yield for similar bonds is currently 14%‚ what is the bond’s value? 4. You are thinking about investing in a $2‚000 face value bond which will mature
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202 INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT UDBS Consider a 10 year bond that has a face value shs 1000‚ a coupon rate of 6% and pays interest once a year. (a)Suppose person A bought this bond at par when it was initially issued and sold it 1 year later to person B for shs 1024.What is B’s total return? Soln Total return =[ Interest paid +(selling price – buying price)]/buying price Given; Annual interest paid = coupon rate x par value‚ coupon rate = 6%‚ par value =1000.
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BOND PROBLEM SOLUTIONS 1. Six years ago‚ The Corzine Company sold a 20-year bond issue with a 14 percent annual coupon rate and a 9 percent call premium. Today‚ Corzine called the bonds. The bonds originally were sold at their face value of $1‚000. Compute the realized rate of return for investors who purchased the bonds when they were issued and who surrender them today in exchange for the call price. PV = 1000; N = 6; PMT = 140; FV = 1090; CPT I/Y I/Y = 15.02% 2. You just purchased
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INBEV 10 Point Analysis Comprehensive Market Planning EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Anheuser Busch InBev is a Fortune 1000‚ publicly traded Multi-national Corporation headquartered in Belgium. Seven business segments have helped them become one of the world leaders in beer sales by volume. Sales and revenues increase yearly‚ showing the strength of the company. Their innovative style that keeps them ahead of market trends has helped and will continue to help them gain access
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What are Yield to Maturity (YTM) and Yield to Call (YTC)? By calculating the present and future value of bonds‚ managers can make sound decisions about their potential strengths and weaknesses as investments. Answer the following questions in this week’s Discussion 2 thread: 1. What terms (or inputs) are needed to calculate yield to maturity (YTM)? How does this compare to calculating yield to call (YTC)? To calculate the YTM you will need to use Annual Interest‚ Par value‚ Market Price
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CONTENTS Introduction of bonds……………………………………………..01 Characteristics of Bonds…………………………………………01 Types of Bonds…………………………………………………… 06 Bonds Market……………………………………………………… 08 Introduction of Pakistan bond market……………...................08 How Bonds Trade……………………………………………….….09 Bond Price Variations……………………………………………..09 Bond valuation…………………………………………..................09 Types of bonds trade in Pakistan……………………………….10 Government Debt Securities……………………………………..10 Characteristics of MTBs and PIBs………………………………12
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perpetual bond is currently selling for RS. 95/-. The coupon rate of interest is 13.5%. The approximate discount rate is 15%. The value of the bond and the YTM is: (a) Rs. 90/- and 14.2% Value is (13.5*15%=90) and YTM is ((13.5/95)*100=14.21%) (b) Rs. 100/- and 13.5% (c) Rs. 90 and 15% (d) Rs. 90/- and 13.5% 902. In 2001‚ Meridian Ltd. has issued bonds of Rs. 10‚000/-each due in 2011 with a 14% per annum coupon rate payable at the end of each year during the life of the bond. If the required
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