1. Explain the relationship between interest rates and bond value. What makes interest rates change? Is it possible to lose money if you invest in bonds, even federal government bonds? Why or why not?
2. You have a sample of returns observations for the Malba Stock Fund. The 4 returns are 5.45%, 9.25%, 7.50%, and 15.0%. What is the average return and variance of these returns?
3. You are an investor interested in government’s securities in general and T-bills in particular. You are interested in a $10,000 T-bill that has 200 days to maturity and a 360-day asked discount rate of 0.150%. If you placed an order for 1000 T-bills, what will be your total dollar return when those T-Bills expire?