Answer:
- True
- False
- True
- True
Explanation:
When an economy has a strong balance sheet and a declining budget deficit, it means that there is less need to borrow from the market which would keep rates lower.
When the economy is weakening, the Fed will try to stimulate it by engaging in actions that weaken short term interest rates so that people and businesses can borrow at lower cost and invest or buy goods and services.
When investors are worried about the riskiness of other financial assets, they usually come to safer assets like U.S. Treasury bonds so that they do not lose money and this is what happened in the credit crisis of 2008. More demand for the bonds led to a rise in their price.
Answer:
Misrepresentation.
Explanation:
In this scenario, on its advertisement, a company claims that it has funds in its possession that are in fact not available for payment of losses or claims. The company is guilty of misrepresentation.
Misrepresentation can be defined as an untrue or misleading statement of fact made by a party to an individual or group of people to deceitfully lure or induce them to go into a contract. A company stating in its advert that it has funds in its possession but in the true sense or actual fact do not have the funds for payment of losses or claims; such a company is engaging in a fraudulent act and is liable to prosecution in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Answer:
The YTM is less than 10%
Explanation:
If a coupon rate of a bond is greater than its yield to maturity (YTM), the bond is said to trade at a premium. The Bond's current price would be greater than its Face value
If a coupon rate of a bond is less than its yield to maturity (YTM), the bond is said to trade at a discount. The bonds current price would be less than its face value
In this Question, the bond's current price ($1,197.93) is greater than its face
($1,000) which means that the bond is trading at a premium. Therefore, we can conclude that the bond's YTM is less than its coupon payment. In this question the coupon rate is 10%, therefore the YTM should be less than 10%.
