FIN 301 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Net Present Value, Credit Risk, Interest Rate Risk

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Bonds issue repayment of principal at their maturity. Bonds repay the principal to the investor in semi-annual payments. Bonds are only issued by governments and municipalities. Bonds issue the total interest payment at their maturity. A company"s investment rule when using the calculated net present value of a project is: Invest in the project if the npv is negative. Invest in the project if the npv is positive. Invest in the project only if the npv is zero. Invest in the project only if its npv is higher than last year"s project. Npv is not useful in making investment decisions. Npv does not use net income or net cash flow in its calculation. Npv uses net income in its calculation rather than net cash flow. Npv uses both net income and net cash flow in its calculation. Npv uses net cash flow in its calculation rather than net income. An initial outlay of cash has no effect on npv.

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(A,Default/B,Reinvestment/C,Price) risk is the risk of a decline in a bond's value due to an increase in interest rates. This risk is higher on bonds that have long maturities than on bonds that will mature in the near future. (A,Default/B,Reinvestment/C,Price) risk is the risk that a decline in interest rates will lead to a decline in income from a bond portfolio. This risk is obviously high on callable bonds. It is also high on short-term bonds because the shorter the bond's maturity, the fewer the years before the relatively high old-coupon bonds will be replaced with new low-coupon issues. Which type of risk is more relevant to an investor depends on the investor's (A,Investment Horizon/B,Default Period/C,Option Period), which is the period of time an investor plans to hold a particular investment. Longer maturity bonds have high (A,Reinvestment/B,Price/C,Exchange) risk but low (A,Reinvestment/B,Price/C,Exchange) risk, while higher coupon bonds have a higher level of (A,Reinvestment/B,Price/C,Exchange) risk and a lower level of (A,Reinvestment/B,Price/C,Exchange) risk. To account for the effects related to both a bond's maturity and coupon, many analysts focus on a measure called (A,Correlation/B,Duration/C,Signaling) , which is the weighted average of the time it takes to receive each of the bond's cash flows. Conceptual Question: Which of the following bonds would have the largest duration? A)10year-zero coupon bonds B)10year-7% annual coupon bonds C)10year-3% annual coupon bonds D)5year-3% annual coupon bonds E)3year-7% annual coupon bonds

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Note: If not otherwise stated, assume that:

â¢ Yield-to-maturity (YTM) is an APR, semi-annuallycompounded

â¢ Bonds have a face value of $1,000

â¢ Coupon bonds make semi-annual coupon payments; however, couponrates (rc) are annual rates, i.e., bonds make a semi-annual couponpayment of rc/2

You must invest $100,000, and the bonds listed below from Ato E are the only investments available today (assume that it ispossible to buy a fraction of a bond in order to invest the full$100,000). The same 6% market interest rate (APR, compoundedsemi-annually) applies to all of these bonds and they have thefollowing additional characteristics:

A. 6 years to maturity and 4% coupon rate (coupons paidannually)

B. 3 years to maturity and 7% coupon rate (coupons paidsemi-annually)

C. 6 years to maturity and 0% coupon rate (discount orzero-coupon bond)

D. 3 years to maturity and 4% coupon rate (coupons paidsemi-annually)

E. 6 years to maturity and 4% coupon rate (coupons paidsemi-annually)

a) Rank these bonds according to their interest ratesensitivities, from the most interest rate sensitive to the leastinterest rate sensitive.

Select one:

ABCDE

CAEDB

CEABD

DBAEC

BDEAC

AECDB

EACBD

CDEAB

b) If you want to benefit from an unexpected decrease inmarket interest rates, which bond would you purchase?

Select one:

c) If you want to minimize interest rate risk, whichbond would you purchase?

Select one:

d) What is the duration (in years) of the bond you chosein part c)?

Select one:

0.32 years

2.76 years

2.84 years

5.68 years

5.52 years

2.34 years

1.98 years

3.96 years

NOTE: Please show all the work, without using excel (step bystep with equations) Thanks!

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Fill in the blank using a number of terms listed below (@1 point per question).

Beta coefficient, Bonds, CAPM, Cash flows, Change, CV, Convertible bonds, Correlation, Correlation coefficient, Debenture, Discount, Diversifiable risk, Expected return, Interest rate risk, Inverted, Junk Bonds, Market risk, More, Normal, Opposite, Probability distribution, Ratings, Reinvestment rate risk, Risk, Risk averse investor, Risk premium, Standard deviation

When interest rates move up or down, bond prices move in the _________________ direction.

_____________ are referred to as non-amortized debt, which means interest is paid regularly during the term, usually semiannually, whereas repayment of principal does not occur until the maturity date.

The longer a bond has to maturity, _______________ sensitive the bondâs price is to changes in market interest rates. This is called ________________________.

Bonds with short maturities expose investors to high ____________________, which is the risk that income from a bond portfolio will decline because cash flows received from bonds will be rolled over at lower interest rates.

A bond with an annual coupon payment of $100 originally sold at par for $1,000. Market interest rates are currently 12%. This bond would be selling at a _____________ in order to compensate the purchaser for the below market coupon rate.

Once a bond has been issued, if the holder of the bond retains it until maturity the market value of the bond may ________________, but the ________________ will not.

An unsecured bond is referred to as a(n) __________________.

____________________ can generally be issued at somewhat lower interest rates than regular bonds.

Double-B and lower bonds are speculative, to be called _______________.

Bonds are assigned _____________ that reflect the probability of their going into default. The higher it is, the lower its risk and therefore its interest rate.

When the yield curve slopes upward, it is said to be _______________, because it is like this most of the time. Conversely, a downward-slopping yield curve is termed ______________.

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