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Why do most international bonds have high Moody's or Standard & Poor's credit ratings?
John bought his new pickup for no money down with with an amortized loan at 2.5%. For a term of 48 months, his monthly payment is 523.18$. How much will he still owe after 3 years?
What factors does Standard & Poor's analyze in determining the credit rating it assigns to a sovereign government?
Describe the differences between foreign bonds and Eurobonds. Also discuss why Eurobonds make up the lion's share of the international bond market.
Determine how much the FRA is worth and who pays who--the buyer pays the seller or the seller pays the buyer.
Determine the rate variance, time variance, and total direct labor variance. Discuss what might have caused these variances.
Explain the pricing-to-market phenomenon.
Explain how the premium and discount are determined when assets are priced-to-market. When would the law of one price prevail in international capital markets even if foreign equity ownership restr
Discuss how the cost of capital is determined in segmented vs. integrated capital markets.
Define and discuss indirect world systematic risk.
Suppose there exists a nontradable asset with a perfect positive correlation with a portfolio T of tradable assets. How will the nontradable asset be priced?
Explain why and how a firm's cost of capital may decrease when the firm's stock is cross-listed on foreign stock exchanges.
It pays an annual dividend of $10. If its current price is $70, what is the discount rate investors are using to value the stock?
In what sense do firms with nontradable assets get a free-ride from firms whose securities are internationally tradable?
In perfect markets, risk management expenditures aimed at reducing a firm's diversifiable risk serve to
MIRR Project X costs 1,00, and it's cash flows are the same in years 1 through 10. Its IRR is 12% and it's WACC is 10%. What is the projects MIRR?
What is the difference between the retail or client market and the wholesale or interbank market for foreign exchange?
How are foreign exchange transactions between international banks settled?
IBM Common Stock 15%; IBM AAA Corporate Bond 12%; and 10-yr US T-Bond 6%. Based on this information what is the shape of the Yield Curve?
Who are the market participants in the foreign exchange market?
Why does most interbank currency trading worldwide involve the U.S. dollar?
What is meant by a currency trading at a discount or at a premium in the forward market?
A CD/$ bank trader is currently quoting a small figure bid-ask of 35-40, when the rest of the market is trading at CD1.3436-CD1.3441. What is implied about the trader's beliefs by his prices?
Banks find it necessary to accommodate their clients' needs to buy or sell FX forward, in many instances for hedging purposes. How can the bank eliminate the currency exposure it has created for it
What is triangular arbitrage? What is a condition that will give rise to a triangular arbitrage opportunity?