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Palmer Corp is considering a project which has the following incremental operating cash flows. If the firm WACC is 0.105. What is the impact on the firm's value.
Consider a bearish option strategy of buying one $50 strike put for $7, selling two $42 strike puts for $4 each, and buying one $37 put for $2. All options have the same maturity. Calculate the fina
Which of the following statements is correctr egarding the effects of interest rate shift on fixed-income portfolios with similar durations?
How would you rank the bonds from the shortest to longest duration?
Consider a no-growth stock paying $10 dividends a year. Assuming the dividends continue forever, what is the value of the stock today?
Which of the following statements about American options is incorrect?
A General Motors bond carries a coupon rate of 8 percent, has 9 years until maturity, and sells at a yield to maturity of 9 percent. At what price does the bond sell?
A 10-year zero-coupon bond is callable annually at par (its face value) starting at the beginning of year six. Assume a flat yield curve of 10%. What is the bond duration?
The firm makes 20 percent of sales for cash and collects the balance one month following the sale. The firm's total cash receipts in July?
A money markets desk holds a floating-rate note with an eight-year maturity. The interest rate is floating at three-month LIBOR rate, reset quarterly. The next reset is in one week. What is the appr
Calculate the value of a non-callable 10-year bond with a coupon rate of 6% compounded semi-annually if you expect 8% yield on the bond.
The price of a three-year zero-coupon government bond is 85.16. The price of a similar four-year bond is 79.81. What is the one-year implied forward rate from year 3 to year 4?
According to the pure expectations hypothesis, which of the following statements is correct concerning the expectations of market participants in an upward-sloping yield curve environment?
The yield curve is flat, and all yields are 5%. Assume all moves of the yield curve are parallel shifts. Given that the daily volatility of the yield is 1%, which of the following is the best estima
The one-year U.S. dollar interest rate is 2.75% and one-year Canadian dollar interest rate is 4.25%. The current USD/CAD spot exchange rate is 1.0221-1.0225. Calculate the one-year USD/CAD forward r
Mortgages are securities used to finance real estate purchases that originate from various financial institutions. How are financial institutions affected by interest rate fluctuations?
Which of the following statements is correct regarding the effects of interest rate shift on fixed-income portfolios with similar durations?
If the U.S. dollar value of an Australian dollar is currently $0.500, what is the expected exchange rate one year from now based on purchasing power parity?
A share of preferred stock pays a quarterly dividend of $1.00. If the price of the stock is $50, what is the nominal (not effective) annual rate of return?
Consider each of the following announcements separately. What will be the price of the stock after each change? How many shares will you own?
Which one of the following statements is incorrect regarding the margining of exchange-traded futures contracts?
Interest on this bond is paid every six months, and the current yield to maturity on this bond 13.4 percent. Given these facts, what is the annual coupon rate on this bond?
The initial margin is USD 3,200, and the maintenance margin is USD 2,900. At the end of the first day, the futures price drops to USD 286.6. Which of the following is the amount of the variation mar
A three-month futures contract on an equity index is currently priced at USD 1,000. The underlying index stocks are valued at USD 990 and pay dividends at a continuously compounded rate of 2%. The c