Mid Term – October 2014 Bond Pricing Qu 1: Time to Maturity Zero Coupon Rate Discount Factor 1 5% 2 6% 3 7% 4 8% 5 9% Give the formula for the discount factor in terms of the zero coupon rate. Use the formula to fill in the discount factors in the table above (you can write the formula or using excel calculate the numerical value). Assume that the government wishes to issue a new 5 year bond priced at 100 (called a par coupon bond as it is priced at par i.e. the price is the same as the face
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El Teatro Campesino and the Mexican Popular Performance Tradition El Teatro Campesino began as a grass roots theater company which in turn changed the course of Chicano history forever. It was successful in doing this because it was born and thrived off their Chicano community. Performance Theater was well known before El Teatro came along and was similarly compared to Brecht’s work. Both are considered “Popular Presentational‚” however‚ the difference was that El Teatro incorporated social and
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The zero tolerance policy strives to reduce violence in schools and make schools a safer place for students. Anne Atkinson‚ a member of the Virginia Board of Education defines zero tolerance as a “policy that mandates predetermined consequences or punishments for specified offenses.” The policy first became effective in 1989‚ but grew most rapidly in 1994 when the Gun- Free Schools Act was passed (1). There are many controversies about the zero tolerance policy including whether or not the policy
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Assessment Task 1- Case Studies Deir-el Medina by Mike Ryan 1. Describe the site (200 Words): * -Who built the site * -When was it built * -How was it built * -What was the purpose of the site Deir-El Medina is a one of the best preserved ancient settlements in Egypt. The settlement is situated in a small isolated valley surrounded by the Theban hills‚ on the west bank of the Nile in Upper Egypt. This village was the home to a community of workmen who constructed and decorated
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Deir el-Medina Deir el-Medina is not an important site to study when looking at Egyptian culture‚ architecture and workforce as it only represents a small part of Egyptian society and a specialised one at that. Deir el-Medina was a city that was built for the sole purpose of building tombs for the people of the main Egyptian cities. For this reason it is an important site to study when looking at Egyptian burial practices. It is‚ however useful when looking at Egyptian culture‚ architecture
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Whitne’ Blackburn September 27th‚ 2012 Hist. 162: Central America Prof. Martivon Galindo The Tattoo Soldier: Review The Tattooed Soldier‚ a novel written by Hector Tobar‚ tells a story of a Guatemalan immigrant by the name of Antonio Bernal‚ trying to make a new life in Los Angeles‚ California‚ but at the same time heal the wounds inflicted by painful memories of his murdered wife & son‚ Elena & Carlos. The worse of the memories is of the murderer‚ Sargento Guillermo Longoria‚
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El Salvador‚ a small country in Central America‚ has had a huge historical housing deficit that started to improve in the late 1990s. However‚ the earthquakes in early 2001 shook not only the country‚ but also the country’s economic and social foundations thus rendering the need for new housing policies. This is the backdrop of the housing shortage in El Salvador today. Due to many factors‚ the country that was once stable in adequate housing now is facing an issue with lack of shelter for millions
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A ZERO BECOMES A HERO! Early this morning in Windrixville‚ Jay Mountain two Greasers named Johnny Cade and Ponyboy Curtis‚ showed great courage and bravery by saving young Socs that were trapped inside a burning church. The two boys asked the people around the church what was happening. Apparently the group of Socs around the area were having a school picnic and suddenly they saw the church on fire. A worried woman ran to the leader of the trip‚ Jerry‚ and told him that a couple of kids are
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Assignment 3 The excavation of El Loro unearthed numerous old artifacts. It uncovered pots‚ bottles‚ textiles‚ grinding stones‚ and numerous other items once used by this lands inhabitants. Based on the law of superposition we know that the stratum furthest down is the oldest and the stratum closest to the surface is the newest. Another fact that we have for excavation is the law of association stating that‚ items near one another or in the same stratum are from the same time period. From those
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After El Salvador’s civil war which lasted for 12 years the economy has experienced mixed results from the ARENA government. The ARENA party known as the Nationalist Republican Alliance started in 1981. ARENA government’s commitment to free market initiatives and conservative fiscal management that include the privatization of the banking system‚ telecommunications‚ public pensions‚ electrical distribution‚ and some electrical generation‚ reduction of import duties‚ elimination of price controls
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