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The interest rate on debt, r, is equal to the real risk-free rate plus an inflation premium plus a default risk premium plus a liquidity premium plus a maturity risk premium. The interest rate on debt, r, is also equal to the -Select-purerealnominalCorrect 1 of Item 1 risk-free rate plus a default risk premium plus a liquidity premium plus a maturity risk premium. The real risk-free rate of interest may be thought of as the interest rate on -Select-long-termshort-termintermediate-termCorrect 2 of Item 1 U.S. Treasury securities in an inflation-free world. A Treasury Inflation Protected Security (TIPS) is free of most risks, and its value increases with inflation. Short-term TIPS are free of default, maturity, and liquidity risks and of risk due to changes in the general level of interest rates. However, they are not free of changes in the real rate. Our definition of the risk-free rate assumes that, despite the recent downgrade, Treasury securities have no meaningful default risk. The inflation premium is equal to the average expected inflation rate over the life of the security. Default means that a borrower will not make scheduled interest or principal payments, and it affects the market interest rate on a bond. The -Select-lowergreaterCorrect 3 of Item 1 the bond's risk of default, the higher the market rate. The average default risk premium varies over time, and it tends to get -Select-smallerlargerCorrect 4 of Item 1 when the economy is weaker and borrowers are more likely to have a hard time paying off their debts. A liquid asset can be converted to cash quickly at a "fair market value." Real assets are generally -Select-lessmoreCorrect 5 of Item 1 liquid than financial assets, but different financial assets vary in their liquidity. Assets with higher trading volume are generally -Select-lessmoreCorrect 6 of Item 1 liquid. The average liquidity premium varies over time. The prices of long-term bonds -Select-risedeclinevaryCorrect 7 of Item 1 whenever interest rates rise. Because interest rates can and do occasionally rise, all long-term bonds, even Treasury bonds, have an element of risk called -Select-reinvestmentinterestcompoundCorrect 8 of Item 1 rate risk. Therefore, a -Select-liquiditymaturityinflationCorrect 9 of Item 1 risk premium, which is higher the longer the term of the bond, is included in the required interest rate. While long-term bonds are heavily exposed to -Select-reinvestmentinterestcompoundCorrect 10 of Item 1 rate risk, short-term bills are heavily exposed to -Select-reinvestmentinterestcompoundCorrect 11 of Item 1 risk. Although investing in short-term T-bills preserves one's -Select-interestprincipalCorrect 12 of Item 1, the interest income provided by short-term T-bills is -Select-lessmoreCorrect 13 of Item 1 stable than the interest income on long-term bonds.

Quantitative Problem: An analyst evaluating securities has obtained the following information. The real rate of interest is 2.8% and is expected to remain constant for the next 5 years. Inflation is expected to be 2.2% next year, 3.2% the following year, 4.2% the third year, and 5.2% every year thereafter. The maturity risk premium is estimated to be 0.1 (t 1)%, where t = number of years to maturity. The liquidity premium on relevant 5-year securities is 0.5% and the default risk premium on relevant 5-year securities is 1%. a. What is the yield on a 1-year T-bill? Round your answer to one decimal place.

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b. What is the yield on a 5-year T-bond? Round your answer to one decimal place.

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c. What is the yield on a 5-year corporate bond? Round your answer to one decimal place.

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An important application of -Select-compoundrealsimpleCorrect 1 of Item 1 interest involves amortized loans. Some common types of amortized loans are automobile loans, home mortgage loans, and business loans. Each loan payment consists of interest and repayment of principal. This breakdown is often developed in an amortization schedule. Interest is -Select-smallestlargestCorrect 2 of Item 1 in the first period and -Select-declinesincreasesCorrect 3 of Item 1 over the life of the loan, while the principal repayment is -Select-smallestlargestCorrect 4 of Item 1 in the first period and it -Select-declinesincreasesCorrect 5 of Item 1 thereafter.

Quantitative Problem: You need $19,000 to purchase a used car. Your wealthy uncle is willing to lend you the money as an amortized loan. He would like you to make annual payments for 6 years, with the first payment to be made one year from today. He requires an 8% annual return.

1. What will be your annual loan payments? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest cent.

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1. How much of your first payment will be applied to interest and to principal repayment? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to the nearest cent.

Interest: $ _____?

Principal repayment: $ ______?

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Quantitative Problem: You own a security with the cash flows shown below.

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If you require an annual return of 12%, what is the present value of this cash flow stream? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest cent.

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Quantitative Problem: Bank 1 lends funds at a nominal rate of 9% with payments to be made semiannually. Bank 2 requires payments to be made quarterly. If Bank 2 would like to charge the same effective annual rate as Bank 1, what nominal interest rate will they charge their customers? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to three decimal places.

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