When the position was closed out, the price of the Treasury bond futures contract was 90-10. - Determine the profit or loss, ignoring transaction costs.
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Mary is running a retirement community and is negotiating with a client, Jimmy, who wishes to reside at Mary’s community when he retires in ten years at age 65. Actuarial statistics indicate that Jimmy will probably die at age 85. Calculate the prese..
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Summarize call provisions and sinking fund provisions. Explain how these types of provisions individually make bonds more or less risky for a) an investor, and b) the issuer.
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First, describe several different fixed costs and variable costs associated with operating an automobile. Next, assume that you would like to travel from Los Angeles to New York City by either car or plane. Which costs would you take into account in ..
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When an annuitant receives liquidation payments, part of the payment is a return of principal and is thus exempt from Federal Income tax. The tax-exempt portion of the payment is calculated using the
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You will be paying $10,000 a year in education expenses at the end of the next two years. Currently the yield curve is flat at 8%. If you want to fully fund and immunize your obligation with a single issue of a zero-coupon bond, what maturity bond mu..
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Bellfont Company produces doorstoppers. August production costs are below: Door Stoppers produced 79,000 Direct material (variable) $20,000 Direct labor (variable) 40,000 Supplies (variable) 20,000 Supervision (fixed) 26,400 Depreciation (fixed) 23,2..
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During 2015, Rainbow Umbrella Corp. had sales of $920,000. Cost of goods sold, administrative and selling expenses, and depreciation expenses were $610,000, $125,000, and $155,000, respectively. In addition, the company had an interest expense of $57..
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Quantitative Problem: You are holding a portfolio with the following investments and betas: Stock Dollar investment Beta A $300,000 1.15 B 100,000 1.5 C 400,000 0.8 D 200,000 -0.35 Total investment 1,000,000 The market's required return is 11% and th..
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You are given the following information concerning two stocks that make up an index. Kirk, Inc. 35,000 shares outstanding, Price per share: $37 Beg of year, $42 End of year. Picard Co. 26,000 shares outstanding, Price per share: $84 Beg of year, $91 ..
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Assume you are the owner and operator of a textile manufacturer. You must evaluate the proposal of buying a new machine for your factory. The company has already spent $5,000 investigating the feasibility of using the machine. How should the $5,000 s..
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A wealthy philanthropist has established the following endowment for a hospital. The details are as follows: a cash deposit of $ 12 M two years from now; an annual cash deposit of $4M per year for the next five years. The first $4M will start today; ..
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