INVESTMENTS (LOOSELEAF) W/CONNECT
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Chapter 12, Problem 16PS
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Impact on the confidence index when the expected rate of inflation increase by 1%.
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Confidence index reflects the faith of investor in the security market and the economy. A deteriorating or low confidence index is considered as a bearish sign by the technical analyst. On the other hand, a high or increasing level of confidence index is considered as a bullish sign by technical analyst.
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Baa-rated bonds currently yield 6%, while Aa-rated bonds yield 5%. Suppose that due to an increase in the expected inflation rate, the yields on both bonds increase by 1%.a. What would happen to the confidence index?b. Would this be interpreted as bullish or bearish by a technical analyst?c. Does this make sense to you?
If the pure expectations theory of the term structure is correct, which of the following statements would be CORRECT?
a. If a 1-year Treasury bill has a yield to maturity of 7% and a 2-year Treasury bill has a yield to maturity of 8%, this would imply the market believes that 1-year rates will be 7.5% one year from now.
b. The yield on a 5-year corporate bond should always exceed the yield on a 3-year Treasury bond.
c. Interest rate (price) risk is higher on long-term bonds, but reinvestment rate risk is higher on short-term bonds.
d. An upward-sloping yield curve would imply that interest rates are expected to be lower in the future.
e. Interest rate (price) risk is higher on short-term bonds, but reinvestment rate risk is higher on long-term bonds
The Expectations theory suggests that under certain conditions all bonds outstanding, especially Treasury bonds, must have identical total returns over a 1-year holding period, independently of their final maturity.
suppose that today’s interest rate on a 2-year default free zero-coupon Treasury bond that pays $100 at maturity (0i0,2) is 6%. What is today’s price of such a bond (that is, what would you pay to purchase such a bond)?
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