Questions from Financial Markets


Q: Consider $100 million of 30-year mortgages with a coupon

Consider $100 million of 30-year mortgages with a coupon of 5 percent per year paid quarterly. a. What is the quarterly mortgage payment? b. What are the interest and principal repayments over the fir...

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Q: What is the impact on GNMA pricing if a pass-through

What is the impact on GNMA pricing if a pass-through is not fully amortized? What is the present value of a $10 million pool of 15-year mortgages with an 8.5  percent per year monthly mortgage coupon...

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Q: Consider a GNMA mortgage pool with principal of $20 million.

Consider a GNMA mortgage pool with principal of $20 million. The maturity is 30 years with a monthly mortgage payment of 10 percent per year. Assume no prepayments. a. What is the monthly mortgage pay...

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Q: A bank is considering two securities: a 30-year Treasury

A bank is considering two securities: a 30-year Treasury bond yielding 7 percent and a 30-year municipal bond yielding 5 percent. If the bank’s tax rate is 30 percent, which bond offers the higher tax...

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Q: Two depository institutions have composite CAMELS ratings of 1 or 2 and

Two depository institutions have composite CAMELS ratings of 1 or 2 and are “well capitalized.” Thus, each institution falls into the FDIC Risk Category I deposit i...

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Q: The financial statements for First National Bank (FNB) are shown

The financial statements for First National Bank (FNB) are shown below: a. Calculate the dollar value of FNB’s earning assets. b. Calculate FNB’s ROA. c. Calcul...

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Q: The financial statements for BSW National Bank (BSWNB) are shown

The financial statements for BSW National Bank (BSWNB) are shown below: Income Statement BSW National Bank Interest income ………â€...

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Q: A bank has a balance sheet as shown below. At the

A bank has a balance sheet as shown below. At the beginning of the month, the bank has $15,141,000 in its loan portfolio and $183,000 in the allowance for loan losses. During the month, management est...

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Q: National Bank has the following balance sheet (in millions) and

National Bank has the following balance sheet (in millions) and has no off-balance-sheet activities. a. What is the CET1 risk-based ratio? b. What is the Tier I risk-based capital ratio? c. What is...

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Q: The financial statements for THE Bank are shown below:

The financial statements for THE Bank are shown below: a. Calculate THE Bank’s earning assets. b. Calculate THE Bank’s ROA. c. Calculate THE Bankâ€...

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