The Basics of Finance: An Introduction to Financial Markets, Business Finance, and Portfolio Management 1st. Edition by Pamela Peterson Drake, Frank J. Fabozzi | 9780470609712 | 0470609710 | Holooly

The Basics of Finance: An Introduction to Financial Markets, Business Finance, and Portfolio Management [EXP-19651]

330 SOLVED PROBLEMS

Question: 17.20

“In the CAPM, investors should be compensated for accepting systematic risk; for the APT model, investors are rewarded for accepting both systematic risk and unsystematic risk.” Do you agree with this statement?

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Disagree. As with the CAPM, investors are not comp...

Question: 14.16

“There’s no real difference between options and futures. Both are tools for controlling risk, and both are derivative products. It’s just that with options you have to pay an option price, while futures require no upfront payment except for a good-faith margin. I can’t understand why anyone would

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Disagree. In the case of an option, the buyer of t...

Question: 18.2

2. Suppose the yield on a 10-year corporate bond is 6.2% and the yield on a similar-maturity Treasury security is 4.5%. a. What is the yield spread for this corporate bond? b. Why is there a yield spread between these two securities?

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The yield spread is 170 basis points. This spread ...

Question: 18.18

A corporate treasurer is considering borrowing funds for 10 years. How can the corporate treasurer use forward rates in determining whether to borrow today or postpone borrowing?

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By calculating the forward rates, based on today’s...

Question: 14.12

A manufacturer of furniture is concerned that the price of lumber will increase over the next three months. Explain how the manufacturer can protect against a rise in the price of lumber using lumber futures contracts.

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The manufacturer could enter into a futures contra...

Question: 13.12

A shoe manufacturer is considering introducing a new line of boots. When evaluating the incremental revenues from this new line, what should be considered?

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Expected sales of the new boots, as well as the po...

Question: 20.2

BOND PRICE OVER TIME Consider a bond that has a coupon rate of 6% and is priced to yield 8%. If the bond’s par value is $1,000, what is the price of the bond if there is: a. five years remaining to maturity? b. 10 years remaining to maturity? c. 20 years remaining to maturity?

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Inputs: C = $60/2 = $30 M = $1,000 r = 8%/2 = 4% a...

Question: 8.1

Briefly explain the role of financial leverage in affecting returns on equity.

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Financial leverage increases the sensitivity of th...

Question: 10.EX.10

CALCULATING A YIELD Suppose an investment of $1 million produces no cash flow in the first year but cash flows of $200,000, $300,000, and $900,000 two, three, and four years from now, respectively. What is the return on this investment?

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The IRR for this investment is the interest rate t...

Question: 10.EX.11

CALCULATING THE YIELD ON A BOND Consider a bond that has a current price of 90; that is, if the par value of the bond is $1,000, the bond’s price is 90% of $1,000 or $900. And suppose that this bond has five years remaining to maturity and an 8% coupon rate. With five years remaining to maturity,

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With a coupon rate of 8%, this means that the cash...

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