Questions from Financial Markets


Q: Use the following information about a hypothetical government security dealer named J

Use the following information about a hypothetical government security dealer named J.P. Groman. (Market yields are in parentheses; amounts are in millions.) a. What is the re pricing or funding gap...

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Q: Consider the following. a. What is the duration of

Consider the following. a. What is the duration of a two-year bond that pays an annual coupon of 10 percent and whose current yield to maturity is 14 percent? Use $1,000 as the face value. b. What is...

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Q: Consider the following. a. Calculate the leverage-adjusted

Consider the following. a. Calculate the leverage-adjusted duration gap of an FI that has assets of $1 million invested in 30-year, 10 percent semiannual coupon Treasury bonds selling at par and whose...

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Q: Use the data provided for Gotbucks Bank Inc. to answer this

Use the data provided for Gotbucks Bank Inc. to answer this question. Notes to the balance sheet: Currently, the fed funds rate is 8.5 percent. Variable-rate loans are priced at 4Â...

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Q: A bank has made a three-year, $10 million

A bank has made a three-year, $10 million loan that pays annual interest of 8 percent. The principal is due at the end of the third year. a. The bank is willing to sell this loan with recourse at an 8...

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Q: City Bank has made a 10-year, $2 million

City Bank has made a 10-year, $2 million loan that pays annual interest of 10 percent per year. The principal is expected at maturity. a. What should it expect to receive from the sale of this loan if...

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Q: An FI is planning the purchase of a $5 million loan

An FI is planning the purchase of a $5 million loan to raise the existing average duration of its assets from 3.5 years to 5 years. It currently has total assets worth $20 million, $5 million in cash...

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Q: An FI is planning to issue $100 million in commercial loans

An FI is planning to issue $100 million in commercial loans. It will finance all of it by issuing demand deposits. a. What is the minimum capital required if there are no reserve requirements? b. What...

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Q: Consider $200 million of 30-year mortgages with a coupon

Consider $200 million of 30-year mortgages with a coupon of 10 percent paid quarterly. a. What is the quarterly mortgage payment? b. What are the interest repayments over the first year of life of the...

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Q: Tree Row Bank has assets of $150 million, liabilities of

Tree Row Bank has assets of $150 million, liabilities of $135 million, and equity of $15 million. The asset duration is six years and the duration of the liabilities is four years. Market interest rat...

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