Expect that the answers are
300.1] a] Corporate debt
300.2] b] is false. Sounds like the two definitions are interchanged.
300.3] d] Both are true. Preferred stocks have characteristics of both equity and debt, but are technically equity.
I'd expect the answers to be:
301.1] d: Decrease the bond price by 14.58 (assuming premium applies to both periods) or c: Decrease the bond price by $7.30 (assuming premium applied only to first period) There's some ambiguity in the question about whether the premium has to be applied only to...
Here's my take:
310.1] a] 0.140: With the listed assumptions about covariance, it can be shown that Cov(a(i), a(j)) = Beta(i)*Beta(j).
310.2] c] 15.90%: Caculate the standard normal variate with the given values, and it reads at -1, approximately. Look up the normal tables, and the area such...
.2 and .3 are great questions, I must add. I read the material covering this AIM last week, and just solving this question reviews the entire AIM.
Thanks!
Think the answers should be:
300.1 (b) 858 : Use backward induction with a terminal price of 100 and discount using rate at that node and expected price using risk neutral probability as weights. No coupons involved, so pretty straight-forward.
300.2 (c) is false: Short term rates clearly have a...
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