1.Consider the following four debt securities, which areidentical in every characteristic except as noted:
?W: A corporate bond rated AAA
?X: A corporate bond rate BBB
?Y: A corporate bond rated AAA with a shorter time to maturity thanbonds W and X
?Z: A corporate bond rated AAA with the same time to maturity asbond Y that trades in a more liquid market than bonds W, X, orY
List the bonds in the most likely order of the interest rates(yields to maturity) of the bonds from highest to lowest. Explainyour work.
2.Explain how an economist could use the slope of the yield curveto analyze the probability that a recession will occur and why thespread may matter.
3.One year ago, you bought a bond for $10,000. You receivedinterest of $400 at the end of the year, as well as your $10,000principal. If the inflation rate over the last year was fivepercent, calculate the real return. Show your work.
4.Suppose that the price of a stock is $50 at the beginning of ayear and $53 at the end of the year, and it pays a dividend of $2during the year. Calculate the stockâs current yield, capital-gainsyield, and the return. Show your work for three separatecalculations.
5.Use the capital-asset pricing model to predict the returns nextyear of the following stocks, if you expect the return to holdingstocks to be 12 percent on average, and the interest rate onthree-month T-bills will be two percent. Calculate a stock with abeta of -0.3, 0.7, and 1.6. Show your work for three separatecalculations.
1.Consider the following four debt securities, which areidentical in every characteristic except as noted:
?W: A corporate bond rated AAA
?X: A corporate bond rate BBB
?Y: A corporate bond rated AAA with a shorter time to maturity thanbonds W and X
?Z: A corporate bond rated AAA with the same time to maturity asbond Y that trades in a more liquid market than bonds W, X, orY
List the bonds in the most likely order of the interest rates(yields to maturity) of the bonds from highest to lowest. Explainyour work.
2.Explain how an economist could use the slope of the yield curveto analyze the probability that a recession will occur and why thespread may matter.
3.One year ago, you bought a bond for $10,000. You receivedinterest of $400 at the end of the year, as well as your $10,000principal. If the inflation rate over the last year was fivepercent, calculate the real return. Show your work.
4.Suppose that the price of a stock is $50 at the beginning of ayear and $53 at the end of the year, and it pays a dividend of $2during the year. Calculate the stockâs current yield, capital-gainsyield, and the return. Show your work for three separatecalculations.
5.Use the capital-asset pricing model to predict the returns nextyear of the following stocks, if you expect the return to holdingstocks to be 12 percent on average, and the interest rate onthree-month T-bills will be two percent. Calculate a stock with abeta of -0.3, 0.7, and 1.6. Show your work for three separatecalculations.
