Unexpectedly high inflation tends to hurt lenders the most. When lenders lend money, it is valuable , but the amount of money that must be returned to him/her is fixed. Over time, the value of the money keeps depreciating and finally when the borrower does return the money, the value decreases to a very small amount, which is not worth much. For example, let's say a borrower borrows money from a lender to buy a car. With time, the value of money depreciated so much that when the borrower finally returns the money, the same amount of money is not even worth buying a box a matches!
Answer: more; lower
Explanation:
The yield to maturity is the annual rate of return for a bond which has been estimated as long as the bind is being held by the investor till it matures.
It should be noted that Bond prices are more sensitive to changes in yield when the bond is selling at a lower initial yield to maturity.
Answer:
The offer price will be $55.51
Explanation:
The constant cash flow over a indefinite period of time is the perpetuity. The dividend payment on the preferred is also considered as perpetuity because it pays the constant amount of dividend and there is no time limit for the payment.
Value of the preferred share can be determine by following formula
Value of Perpetuity / Cash flow / required rate of return
Price of share = Dividend Payment / Rate of return
Price of share = $6.8 / 12.25% = $55.51
Answer:
Marginal utility of the additional units will turn negative
Explanation:
As total utility has reached a maximum level, adding additional units of the same product will generate the total utility to decrease thus, the marginal utility of this additional products is negative as they made the utility of the consumer to decrease.
The diminish return theory state that:
The units increase utility at a decreasing rate and then, they reach a maximum of utility afterwhihc, additional units do not generate utility, they decrease it
