Answer: increase
Explanation:
You have a portfolio that consists of equal amounts of IBM stock and Treasury bills. If you replace one-third of Treasury bills with more IBM stock , the expected portfolio return will increase, ceteris paribus
The expected return for a particular investment are the returns which a an investor expects when he or she invests in a particular investment. In the above scenario, there'll be an increase in the expected portfolio return.
Answer:
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1a. The one year spot rate can be calculated using the one year zero bond.
PV * (1 + S1) = FV
1 + S1 = 1000 / 900
S1 = 1.1111 - 1
S1 = 0.1111
S1 = 11.11%
1b. PV of the 2 year bond = $950
Annual coupon = 1000 * 5% = $50
950 = 50 / (1 + S1) + (50 + 1000) / (1 + S2)^2
950 = 50 / 1.1111 + 1,050 / (1 + S2)^2
1,050/ (1 + S2)^2 = 950 - 45 = 905
(1 + S2)^2 = 1050 / 905
1 + S2 = 1.160221/2
S2 = 7.714%
1c. Price of the 2 year zero bond = 1,000 / (1 + 0.07714)^2
Price of the 2 year zero bond = 1,000 / 1.1602
Price of the 2 year zero bond = 861.9203586
Price of the 2 year zero bond = $861.92
Answer:
B. increases; decreases
Explanation:
Foreign exchange market can be defined as type of market in which the currency of one country is converted into that of another country.
For example, the conversion of dollars of the United States of America can be converted into naira (Nigeria) at the foreign exchange market.
Efficient market school is the market school which argues that forward exchange rates do the best possible job for forecasting future spot exchange rates, so investing in exchange rate forecasting services would be a waste of time because it is impossible to have a consistent alpha generation on a risk adjusted excess returns basis as market prices are only affected by new informations.
The efficient market school also known as the efficient market hypothesis (EMH) is a hypothesis that states that asset (share) prices reflect all information and it is very much impossible to consistently beat the market.
Also, forward exchange rates are exchange rates controlling foreign exchange transactions at a specific future date or time.
An interest rate can be defined as an amount of money that is charged as a percentage of the total amount borrowed from an individual or a financial institution.
Generally, if the interest rate rises in the United States relative to other nations, then in the foreign exchange market the demand for dollars increases and the supply of dollars decreases because of the high value of the dollar compared to the other currency.
Answer:
The firm's cost of preferred stock is 9.10%
Explanation:
The cost of preferred stock with the flotation of 5% would be the dividend payable by the preferred stock divided by the adjusted current market price(adjusted for flotation cost)
The dividend per year is $8
The adjusted price of the stock=$92.50*(1-f)
where f is the flotation cost in percentage terms i.e 5%
adjusted price of the stock is =$92.50*(1-5%)=$ 87.88
Cost of preferred stock=$8/$87.88*100 = 9.10%
Answer:
The rate of return to an investor in the fund=0.088*100=8.80%
Explanation:
Given Data:
NVA at the start of the year=
=$12.50
NVA at the end of the year=
$12.10
Distributions of income and capital gains =$1.50
Required:
The rate of return to an investor in the fund=?
Solution:
Rate of return=
The rate of return to an investor in the fund=0.088*100=8.80%
