Questions from Financial Markets


Q: You are working with a pool of 1,000 mortgages.

You are working with a pool of 1,000 mortgages. Each mortgage is for $100,000 and has a stated annual interest rate (nominal) of 6.00%. The mortgages are all 30-year fixed rate and fully amortizing. M...

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Q: Calculate the duration of a $1,000, 6%

Calculate the duration of a $1,000, 6% coupon bond with three years to maturity. Assume that all market interest rates are 7%.

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Q: Compute the required monthly payment on an $80,000 30

Compute the required monthly payment on an $80,000 30-year fixed-rate mortgage with a nominal interest rate of 5.80%. How much of the payment goes toward principal and interest during the first year?...

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Q: Consider a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage for $100

Consider a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage for $100,000 at a nominal rate of 9%. If the borrower wants to pay off the remaining balance on the mortgage after making the 12th payment, what is the remaining...

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Q: Consider a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage for $100

Consider a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage for $100,000 at a nominal rate of 9%. If the borrower pays an additional $100 with each payment, how fast will the mortgage be paid off?

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Q: Consider a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage for $100

Consider a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage for $100,000 at a nominal rate of 9%. An S&L issues this mortgage on April 1 and retains the mortgage in its portfolio. However, by April 2 mortgage rates have i...

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Q: Consider a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage of $100

Consider a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage of $100,000 at a nominal rate of 9%. What is the duration of the loan? If interest rates increase to 9.5% immediately after the mortgage is made, how much is the...

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Q: Consider a 5-year balloon loan for $100,000

Consider a 5-year balloon loan for $100,000. The bank requires a monthly payment equal to that of a 30-year fixed-rate loan with a nominal annual rate of 5.5%. How much will the borrower owe when the...

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Q: A 30-year variable-rate mortgage offers a first-

A 30-year variable-rate mortgage offers a first-year teaser rate of 2%. After that, the rate starts at 4.5%, adjusted based on actual interest rates. The maximum rate over the life of the loan is 10.5...

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Q: A mortgage on a house worth $350,000 requires what

A mortgage on a house worth $350,000 requires what down payment to avoid PMI insurance?

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