1. Why do companies in the computer hardware sector have high debt ratios? For example, what does that mean one company has almost 88%?
2. Jason Bradley’s brother is getting qualified for a VA mortgage loan. His monthly salary is $5,214. Annual property taxes on the property are $2,491 and insurance is $763. He has a car payment of $437.50 and a student loan of $325 to pay each month. The VA has a qualifying ratio of 41%. What is the maximum monthly mortgage payment allowed?
3. Suppose that a one-day 97.5% VaR is estimated at $13 million from 2,000 observations. The one-day changes are approximately normal with mean 0 and standard deviation $6 million. Estimate a 99% confidence interval for the VaR estimate.