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Consider a bond with a settlement date of February 22, 2015, and a maturity date of March 15, 2023. The coupon rate is 5.5%. If the yield to maturity of the bond is 5.34% (bond equivalent yield,
A coupon bond paying semiannual interest is reported as having an ask price of 117% of its $1,000 par value. If the last interest payment was made one month ago and the coupon rate is 6%, what is the
The current yield curve for default-free zero-coupon bonds is as follows: Maturity (years) ___________ YTM 1 .................................... 10% 2 ...................................... 11 3
Consider the following $1,000 par value zero-coupon bonds:According to the expectations hypothesis, what is the market's expectation of the yield curve one year from now? Specifically, what are the
On May 30, 2015, Janice Kerr is considering the newly issued 10-year AAA corporate bonds shown in the following exhibit:a. Suppose that market interest rates decline by 100 basis points (i.e., 1%).
A convertible bond has the following features. What is its conversion premium? Coupon .................................................................. 5.25% Maturity
A pension plan is obligated to make disbursements of $1 million, $2 million, and $1 million at the end of each of the next three years, respectively. Find the duration of the plan's obligations if
You own a fixed-income asset with a duration of five years. If the level of interest rates, which is currently 8%, goes down by 10 basis points, how much do you expect the price of the asset to go up
Find the duration of a bond with settlement date May 27, 2016, and maturity date November 15, 2025. The coupon rate of the bond is 7%, and the bond pays coupons semiannually. The bond is selling at a
What is the duration of the bond in the previous problem if coupons are paid annually? Explain why the duration changes in the direction it does.
a. Footnote 2 in the chapter presents the formula for the convexity of a bond. Build a spreadsheet to calculate the convexity of the 8% coupon bond in Spreadsheet 11.1 at the initial yield to
The following bond swaps could have been made in recent years as investors attempted to increase the total return on their portfolio.From the information presented below, identify possible reason(s)
a. Janet Meer is a fixed-income portfolio manager. Noting that the current shape of the yield curve is flat, she considers the purchase of a newly issued, option-free corporate bond priced at par;
Sandra Kapple presents Maria VanHusen with a description, given in the following exhibit, of the bond portfolio held by the Star Hospital Pension Plan. All securities in the bond portfolio are
If the nominal interest rate is 5% and the inflation rate is 3%, what is the real interest rate?
ATech has fixed costs of $7 million and profits of $4 million. Its competitor, ZTech, is roughly the same size and this year earned the same profits, $4 million. But it operates with fixed costs of
Miltmar Corporation will pay a year-end dividend of $4, and dividends thereafter are expected to grow at the constant rate of 4% per year. The risk-free rate is 4%, and the expected return on the
Eagle Products' EBIT is $300, its tax rate is 35%, depreciation is $20, capital expenditures are $60, and the planned increase in net working capital is $30. What is the free cash flow to the firm?
The risk-free rate of return is 5%, the required rate of return on the market is 10%, and High-Flyer stock has a beta coefficient of 1.5. If the dividend per share expected during the coming year,
Explain why the following statements are true/false/uncertain. a. With all else held constant, a firm will have a higher P/E if its beta is higher. b. P/E will tend to be higher when ROE is higher
Recalculate the intrinsic value of GE using the three-stage growth model of Spreadsheet 13.1 (available in Connect; link to Chapter 13 material). Treat each of the following scenarios
Recalculate the intrinsic value of GE's shares using the free cash flow model of Spreadsheet 13.2 (available in Connect; link to Chapter 13 material). Treat each scenario independently. a. GE's
A firm has current assets that could be sold for their book value of $10 million. The book value of its fixed assets is $60 million, but they could be sold for $90 million today. The firm has total
The market capitalization rate for Admiral Motors Company is 8%. Its expected ROE is 10% and its expected EPS is $5. If the firm's plowback ratio is 60%, what will be its P/E ratio?
Use the following financial statements of Heifer Sports Inc. in Table 14.14 to find Heifer's:TABLE 14.14: Heifer Sports financial statementsa. Inventory turnover ratio in 2015. b. Debt/equity ratio
The information in the following table comes from the 2014 financial statements of QuickBrush Company and SmileWhite Corporation:Determine which company has the higher quality of earnings by
The financial statements for Chicago Refrigerator Inc. (see Tables 14.15 and 14.16) are to be used to compute the ratios a through h for 2016.TABLE 14.15 Chicago Refrigerator Inc. balance sheet, as
Suppose you think Apple stock is going to appreciate substantially in value in the next year. Say the stock's current price, S0, is $100, and the call option expiring in one year has an exercise
You are attempting to formulate an investment strategy. On the one hand, you think there is great upward potential in the stock market and would like to participate in the upward move if it
Consider the following options portfolio: You write a November 2014 expiration call option on Facebook with exercise price $80. You also write a November expiration Facebook put option with exercise
Joe Finance has just purchased a stock-index fund, currently selling at $1,800 per share. To protect against losses, Joe plans to purchase an at-the-money European put option on the fund for $90,
You purchase one Facebook October $80 put contract for a premium of $5.72. What is your maximum possible profit? (See Figure 15.1.)FIGURE 15.1Options on Facebook, October 16, 2014
An investor buys a call at a price of $4.50 with an exercise price of $40. At what stock price will the investor break even on the purchase of the call?
The following diagram shows the value of a put option at expiration:Ignoring transaction costs, which of the following statements about the value of the put option at expiration is true? a. The
A call option with a strike price of $50 on a stock selling at $55 costs $6.50. What are the call option's intrinsic and time values?
Use the Black-Scholes formula to find the value of a call option on the following stock: Time to expiration = 6 months Standard deviation = 50% per year Exercise price = $50 Stock price =
A put option on a stock with a current price of $33 has an exercise price of $35. The price of the corresponding call option is $2.25. According to put-call parity, if the effective annual risk-free
All else being equal, is a put option on a high-beta stock worth more than one on a low beta stock? The firms have identical firm-specific risk.
According to the Black-Scholes formula, what will be the hedge ratio (delta) of a call option as the stock price becomes infinitely large? Explain briefly.
According to the Black-Scholes formula, what will be the hedge ratio (delta) of a put option for a very small exercise price?
A call option on Jupiter Motors stock with an exercise price of $75 and one-year expiration is selling at $3. A put option on Jupiter stock with an exercise price of $75 and one year expiration is
Ken Webster manages a $400 million equity portfolio benchmarked to the S&P 500 Index. Webster believes the market is overvalued when measured by several traditional fundamental/economic
a. A single stock futures contract on a non-dividend-paying stock with current price $150 has a maturity of one year. If the T-bill rate is 3%, what should the futures price be? b. What should the
The Excel Applications box in the chapter (available in Connect; link to Chapter 17 material) shows how to use the spot-futures parity relationship to find a "term structure of futures prices," that
The multiplier for a futures contract on the stock-market index is $250. The maturity of the contract is one year, the current level of the index is 2,000, and the risk-free interest rate is .5% per
Suppose the S&P 500 Index portfolio pays a dividend yield of 2% annually. The index currently is 1,800. The T-bill rate is 3%, and the S&P futures price for delivery in one year is $1,833. Construct
The margin requirement on the S&P 500 futures contract is 10%, and the stock index is currently 1,800. Each contract has a multiplier of $250. a. How much margin must be put up for each contract
The multiplier for a futures contract on a certain stock market index is $250. The maturity of the contract is one year, the current level of the index is 1,000, and the risk free interest rate is
The S&P 500 Index is currently at 1,800. You manage a $9 million indexed equity portfolio. The S&P 500 futures contract has a multiplier of $250. a. If you are temporarily bearish on the stock
a. How would your hedging strategy in the previous problem change if, instead of holding an indexed portfolio, you hold a portfolio of only one stock with a beta of .6? b. How many contracts would
The one-year futures price on a particular stock-index portfolio is 1,825, the stock index currently is 1,800, the one-year risk-free interest rate is 3%, and the year-end dividend that will be paid
A one-year gold futures contract is selling for $1,141. Spot gold prices are $1,200 and the one-year risk-free rate is 2%. a. According to spot-futures parity, what should be the futures price? b.
Suppose the value of the S&P 500 Stock Index is currently $1,800. a. If the one-year T-bill rate is 3% and the expected dividend yield on the S&P 500 is 2%, what should the one-year maturity futures
It is now January. The current interest rate is 3%. The June futures price for gold is $1,246.30, while the December futures price is $1,251. Is there an arbitrage opportunity here? If so, how would
A silver futures contract requires the seller to deliver 5,000 Troy ounces of silver. Jerry Harris sells one July silver futures contract at a price of $28 per ounce, posting a $6,000 initial margin.
Futures contracts and options contracts can be used to modify risk. Identify the fundamental distinction between a futures contract and an option contract, and briefly explain the difference in the
Several Investment Committee members have asked about interest rate swap agreements and how they are used in the management of domestic fixed-income portfolios. a. Define an interest rate swap, and
Log in to Connect and link to the material for Chapter 18, where you will find five years of monthly returns for two mutual funds, Vanguard's U.S. Growth Fund and U.S. Value Fund, as well as
The chairman provides you with the following data, covering one year, concerning the portfolios of two of the fund's equity managers (manager A and manager B). Although the portfolios consist
a. Suppose the spot price of the British pound is currently $1.50. If the risk-free interest rate on one-year government bonds is 4% in the United States and 3% in the United Kingdom, what must the
Consider the following information: rUS = 5% rUK = 7% E0 = $2 per pound F0 = $1.97/£ (one-year delivery) Where the interest rates are annual yields on U.S. or U.K. bills. Given this information: a.
For a passive investor, the minimum-variance portfolio of country indexes is optimal? Is this true or false. Explain your answer.
A currency-hedged foreign-stock portfolio return is the weighted average of the foreign stock returns in local currency? Is this true or false. Explain your answer.
Log in to Connect, link to Chapter 20, and find there a spreadsheet containing monthly values of the S&P 500 Index. Suppose that in each month you had written an out-of-the-money put option on one
The following is part of the computer output from a regression of monthly returns on Waterworks stock against the S&P 500 Index. A hedge fund manager believes that Waterworks is underpriced, with
A hedge fund charges an incentive fee of 20% of any investment returns above the T-bill rate, which currently is 2%. In the first year, the fund suffers a loss of 8%. What rate of return must it earn
Several discussion meetings have provided the following information about one of your firm's new advisory clients, a charitable endowment fund recently created by means of a one-time $10 million
Explain why the income statement, statement of retained earnings, and statement of cash flows would be dated "For the Year Ended December 31, 2014," whereas the balance sheet would be dated "At
Stone Culture Corporation was organized on January 1, 2013. For its first two years of operations, it reported the following:On the basis of the data given, prepare a statement of retained earnings
Items from the income statement, statement of retained earnings, and balance sheet are listed below in alphabetical order. For the companies shown in each column, solve for the missing amounts.Use
Items from the income statement, statement of retained earnings, and balance sheet of Electronic Arts, Inc., are listed below in alphabetical order. Solve for the missing amounts, and explain
Assume the following information was reported in the December 31, 2014, financial statements of WestJet (listed alphabetically, amounts in millions).1. Prepare an income statement for the year ended
Prior to being acquired in November 2007 by Luxottica Group-an Italian eyewear company-Oakley, Inc., reported the following items in its financial statements. For each item, indicate: whether it is
Three individuals organized Pest B-Gone Professionals on January 1, 2014, to provide insect extermination services. The company paid dividends of $10,000 during the year. At the end of 2014, the
Designer Footwear Inc. is a designer shoe warehouse that sells luxurious and fashionable shoes at prices that people can actually afford. Its balance sheet, at November 1, 2014, con- tained the
The following items relate to business transactions involving Collectibles Canada. a. Coins and currency b. Amounts that Collectibles Canada owes to suppliers of coins and currency c. Amounts that
Cineplex Entertainment operates movie theatres and food concession counters throughout Canada. Assume its income statement for the quarter ended June 26, 2014, reported the following (listed
Home Realty, Incorporated, has been operating for three years and is owned by three investors. J. Doe owns 60 percent of the total outstanding shares of 9,000 shares and is the managing executive in
Five individuals organized Moncton Clay Corporation on January 1, 2014. At January 31, 2014, the following monthly financial data are available:Total Revenues
Assume that you are the president of Nuclear Company. At the end of the first year of operations (December 31, 2014), the following financial data for the company are available:Required 1. Prepare an
Refer to CP1-1.Assume that you are the president of Nuclear Company. At the end of the first year of operations (December 31, 2014), the following financial data for the company are
Assume that Fitness and Fun, Inc., reported the following information for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014. Items are listed alphabetically, and are in thousands of
Assume that you are the president of High Power Corporation. At the end of the first year of operations (December 31, 2014), the following financial data for the company are available:Required 1.
Refer to PA1-1.Assume that you are the president of High Power Corporation. At the end of the first year of operations (December 31, 2014), the following financial data for the company are
Assume that you are the owner/operator of College Park Veterinary Clinic. At the end of the second year of operations (June 30, 2014), the following financial data for the company are
Refer to PA1-3.Assume that you are the owner/operator of College Park Veterinary Clinic. At the end of the second year of operations (June 30, 2014), the following financial data for the company are
Assume that the following information for the year ended December 31, 2014, was reported by OSI Restaurant Partners, Inc., the company that owns and operates Outback Steakhouse and Carrabba's Italian
Assume that you are the president of Aerospace Explorations. At the end of the first year of operations (December 31, 2014), the following financial data for the company are available:Required1.
Refer to PB1-1.Assume that you are the president of Aerospace Explorations. At the end of the first year of operations (December 31, 2014), the following financial data for the company are
Assume that you are the president of Rock Point Adventures Inc. At the end of the sec- ond year of operations (June 30, 2014), the following financial data for the company are available:Required 1.
Refer to PB1-3.Assume that you are the president of Rock Point Adventures Inc. At the end of the sec- ond year of operations (June 30, 2014), the following financial data for the company are
Assume that the Cheesecake Factory reported the following information for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2014. Amounts are in thousands of dollarsPrepare the four basic financial statements for
Refer to the financial statements of Rona Inc. in Appendix A at the back of this book, or download the annual report from the Cases section of Connect.Refer to Appendix A,RONA INC.CONSOLIDATED
Refer to the financial statements of Rona Inc. in Appendix A and those of The Home Depot in Appendix B at the back of this book, or download the annual reports from the Cases sec- tion of
In June 2005, John Rigas, the 80-year-old founder and former chief executive officer (CEO) of Adelphia Communications was sentenced to 15 years in jail for defrauding investors and lenders of over a
You are one of three partners who own and operate Mary's Maid Service. The company has been operating for seven years. One of the other partners has always prepared the company's annual financial
Is transaction analysis as important under IFRS as it is under ASPE? Why or why not?
What is a T-account? What is its purpose? Discuss briefly.
For each of the transactions in M2-9 [including (a)], write the journal entry using the format shown in this chapter (omit explanations) In M2-9 For each of the following transactions of Spotlighter
For each of the transactions in M2-9 [including (a)], post the effects to the appropriate T-accounts and determine ending account balances.In M2-9For each of the following transactions of Spotlighter
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