Questions from Financial Markets


Q: A company recently paid a $0.35 dividend. The

A company recently paid a $0.35 dividend. The dividend is expected to grow at a 10.5 percent rate. At a current stock price of $24.25, what return are shareholders expecting?

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Q: The FOMC has instructed the FRBNY Trading Desk to purchase $750

The FOMC has instructed the FRBNY Trading Desk to purchase $750 million in U.S. Treasury securities. The Federal Reserve has currently set the reserve requirement at 10 percent of transaction deposits...

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Q: What is the discount yield, bond equivalent yield, and effective

What is the discount yield, bond equivalent yield, and effective annual return on a $1 million Treasury bill that currently sells at 99.375 percent of its face value and is 65 days from maturity?

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Q: What is the duration of a zero-coupon bond that has

What is the duration of a zero-coupon bond that has eight years to maturity? What is the duration if the maturity increases to 10 years? If it increases to 12 years?

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Q: What is the quoted yield of a $10,000 face

What is the quoted yield of a $10,000 face value T-bill with a market price of $8,885 if there are 10, 25, 50, 100, and 250 days to maturity?

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Q: What is the duration of a five-year, $1

What is the duration of a five-year, $1,000 Treasury bond with a 10 percent semiannual coupon selling at par? Selling with a yield to maturity of 12 percent? 14 percent? What can you conclude about th...

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Q: If the overnight fed funds rate is quoted as 0.75

If the overnight fed funds rate is quoted as 0.75 percent, what is the bond equivalent rate? Calculate the bond equivalent rate on fed funds if the quoted rate is 1.00 percent.

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Q: The overnight fed funds rate on May 20, 2016, was

The overnight fed funds rate on May 20, 2016, was 0.37 percent. Compute the bond equivalent rate and the effective annual return on the fed funds as of May 20, 2016.

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Q: You have discovered that when the required rate of return on a

You have discovered that when the required rate of return on a bond you own fell by 0.50 percent from 9.75 percent to 9.25 percent, the fair present value rose from $975 to $995. The bond pays interes...

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Q: Suppose a bank enters a repurchase agreement in which it agrees to

Suppose a bank enters a repurchase agreement in which it agrees to buy Treasury securities from a correspondent bank at a price of $24,995,000, with the promise to buy them back at a price of $25,000,...

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