Wednesday 14 November 2018

By definition, what type of annuity best describes payments such as rent (assuming the costs do not change over time)?"


Question 1
1 / 1 pts
Which of the following are Amortized type Loans
  
Car Loans

  
Home Mortgages

  
Student Loans

Correct!
  
All of these are amortized loans


Question 2
1 / 1 pts
"By definition, what type of annuity best describes payments such as rent (assuming the costs do not change over time)?"
Correct!
  
annuity due

  
nonconstant annuity

  
annuity in arrears

  
ordinary annuity


Question 3
1 / 1 pts
Which of the following are factors that influence the present value of a cash stream?
  
Timing of the Cash Flows

Correct!
  
All of these are factors that influence the value of a cash stream

  
Riskiness (the chance that you will not receive the cash flow in full)

  
Desired Rate of Return (or Interest Rate)


Question 4
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Jessica wants to set up an indefinite scholarship fund that always pays out the same amount of cash. Which of the following types of annuity is derscribed
You Answered
  
Annuity Due

Correct answer
  
Perpetuity

  
Growing Annuity

  
Growing Perpetuity


Question 5
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Bob has won a small lottery pool. The lottery value is supposedly 100,000 dollars. They will be paying him 2,000 per year for the next 50 years, which has a a PV of only $27,601.49 at 7% interest rate. Bob can invest money at 8% and they are offering him the choice between $2000 per year or the $27,601.49 lump sum. Ignoring taxes, which is the better option?
  
You cannot determine based on the given information

  
The payments because he receives more cash than if he takes the lump sum

Correct!
  
The Lump sum, because it has a higher PV and FV.

  
The Lump sum, because he can reinvest at 8%


Question 6
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"Gomez Electronics needs to arrange financing for its expansion program. Bank A offers to lend Gomez the required funds on a loan where interest must be paid monthly, and the quoted rate is 8 percent. Bank B will charge 8.47 percent, with interest due at the end of the year. What is the difference in the effective annual rates charged by the two banks"
  
0.40%

Correct answer
  
0.17%

You Answered
  
1.25%

  
0.30%

  
0.22%

First compute EAR on 8% compounded monthly. =(1+(.08/12)^12)=0.083 or 8.3% then subtract from the EAR of 8.47% annually (which is 8.47%).

Question 7
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"Assume that you can invest to earn a stated annual rate of return of 12 percent, but where interest is compounded semiannually. If you make 20 consecutive semiannual deposits of $505 each, what is the value of the account after your last deposit?
Correct answer
  
"$18,576.72"
  
"$28,988.69 "
  
"$17,900.23 "
  
"$22,821.19 "
You Answered
  
"$54,131.50 "
Excel: =FV((0.12/2),20,505) Financial Calculator: N=20 I= 12/2 PV=0 PMT=505

Question 8
0 / 1 pts
"In 1958 the average tuition for one year at an Ivy League school was $1,800. Twenty seven years later, in 1985, the average cost was $8,689.86. What was the growth rate in tuition over the 27-year period?"
  
12.0%

Correct answer
  
6.0%

You Answered
  
7.0%

  
4.0%

  
5.0%

In Excel=RATE(27,0,1800,-8689.86) In Financial Calculator: N=27 PV= -1800 FV= 8689.86 CPT I

Question 9
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You are buying a car for $457 monthly for 48 months. The interest rate the bank is charging is 1.5%. How much would you have to pay for the car if you paid it all upfront?
You Answered
  
$20,895

Correct answer
  
$21,278

  
$16,387

  
$17,900

In Excel =PV(0.015/12,48,457) In Financial Calculator PMT= $457 I= 15/12 N=48

Question 10
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"If you buy a factory for $250,000 and the terms are 10 percent down, the balance to be paid off over 30 years at a 10 percent rate of interest on the unpaid balance, what are the 30 equal annual payments (rounded to the nearest dollar)?"
Correct!
  
"$23,867 "
  
"$16,666 "
  
"$40,982 "
  
"$31,485 "
  
"$10,584 "
In Excel=PMT(0.1,30,250000*(1-0.1)) In Financial Calculator: N=30 PV= (1-0.1)*250,000 I=10 CPT PMT

Question 11
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Andrea is setting up a trust fund for her grandchildren. She has $400,000 to invest, and she wants the trust fund to continue indefinitely at the same amount of cash every time. The rate the bank is offering for her is 4% annually. How much will the yearly payments to her grandchildren be?
Correct!
  
$16,000

  
There is insufficient data to calculate the yearly payments

  
$12,000

  
$8915

  
This type of payment stream does not exist

  
$18,000

=400,000*.04=$16,000

Question 12
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"If the expectations theory of the term structure of interest rates is correct, and if the other term structure theories are invalid, and we observe a downward sloping yield curve, which of the following is a true statement?"
  
Investors expect short-term rates to increase in the future.

  
The maturity risk premium must be positive.

Correct!
  
Investors expect short-term rates to decrease in the future.

  
Investors expect short-term rates to be constant over time.


It is impossible to say unless we know whether investors require a positive or negative maturity risk premium.

Question 13
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"If the Federal Reserve sells $50 billion of short-term U.S. Treasury securities to the public, other things held constant, what will this tend to do to short-term security prices and interest rates?"
  
Prices will rise and interest rates will decline.

  
Prices and interest rates will both decline.

Correct!
  
Prices will decline and interest rates will rise.

  
Prices and interest rates will both rise.

  
There will be no changes in either prices or interest rates.


Question 14
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"Assume that the current yield curve is upward sloping, or normal. This implies that"
  
Short-term interest rates are more volatile than long-term rates.

  
The economy is at the peak of a business cycle.

  
Inflation is expected to subside in the future.

Correct!
  
None of the above statements is necessarily implied by the yield curve given.

  
Long-term bonds are a better buy than short-term bonds.


Question 15
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"Interest rates on 1-year, 2-year, and 3-year Treasury bills are 5%, 6%, and 7% respectively. Assume that the pure expectations theory holds and that the market is in equilibrium. Which of the following statements is most correct?"
You Answered
  
"All of these are correct"
  
The maturity risk premium is positive.

Correct answer
  
Interest rates are expected to rise over the next two years.

  
The market expects one-year rates to be 5.5% one year from today.


Question 16
1 / 1 pts
Which of the following are factors that influence the cost of money
  
Production Opportunities

  
Inflation

Correct!
  
These are all factors that affect the cost of money

  
Time Preference for Consumption

  
Risk


Question 17
1 / 1 pts
What does this situation describe?
Ron has 4 kids to feed, and his income is barely sufficient to cover his monthly expenses. As a result, Ron would rather have money today than next month.
  
Low Time preference for Consumption

  
High Risk Aversion

Correct!
  
High time preference for Consumption

  
Inflation


Question 18
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Which of the following Premiums refers to the chance that your borrower will be unable to pay their debts on time?
  
Liquidity Premium

  
Maturity Risk Premium (MRP)

Correct!
  
Default Risk Premium (DRP)

  
Short Changers Risk


Question 19
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"Assume that a 3-year Treasury note has no maturity premium, and that the real, risk-free rate of interest is 3 percent. If the T-note carries a yield to maturity of 12 percent, and if the expected average inflation rate over the next 2 years is 11 percent, what is the implied expected inflation rate during Year 3?" Round all calculations to 3 digits for this calculation
Correct answer
  
5%

  
11%

  
12%

  
3%

You Answered
  
8%

3% + ((11% + 11% + Infl.3)/3) = 12%
22% + Infl.3 = 27% => Infl.3 = 5%;
check: (11% + 11% + 5%)/3 = 27%/3 = 9%
3% + 9% = 12%

Question 20
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You are considering the following investment.
You must pay $114 dollars to buy ABV Stock. You expect to be able to sell it for $120 dollars in one year. You will also recieve a dividend of $15. What is your expected Yield?
Correct!
  
18.4%

  
12.5%

  
17.55%

  
13.3%

Yield=(120-114+15)/114

Question 21
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Your company has an AAA- Corporate Bond Rating.  The market rate on your bonds is 5.1% another company with AAA rating has a 4.4% rate and a 1.2% default risk premium. What is your default risk premium?
Correct!
  
1.9%

  
You cannot calculate based on information provided.

  
2.1%

  
3.2%

First, calculate the Risk Free Rate=4.4-1.2 =3.2 Then calculate your DRP=5.1%-3.2%=1.9%

Question 22
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You are given the following breakdown on an interest rate.
Default Risk Premium= 0.2%
Maturity Risk Premium = 0.7%
Liquidity Premium =4%
Last Years Inflation=1%

Annual Interest Rate= 8%
Loan Length =  40 Years
What is the risk free rate that you should expect on a Treasury Bill?
Correct!
  
3.1%

  
2.7%

  
3.5%

  
4.6%

RFR=8%-4%-0.7%-0.2% = 3.1%

Question 23
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You have a required yield of 8% from your investments. You can buy a BVN stock for $212.50, and expect it to pay $30 dollars in dividends. Based on that information, what is the amount you would need to be able to sell it for in one year?
  
$230

  
Cannot Be Determined

Correct answer
  
$199.50

You Answered
  
$185.50

First set up the equation 8%= (30+(SP - 212.5))/212.5 Then Rearrange and simplify. 8%*212.5= 30+ (SP -212.5) SP= 17 - 30 + 212.5 = $199.50

Question 24
1 / 1 pts
According to market segmentation theory, every borrower and every lender has a preferred maturity, and the slope of the yield curve depends on the supply of and the demand for funds in:
  
the long term market

  
None of these accurately depict market segmentation theory

  
the short term market

Correct!
  
the long term market relative to the short term market


Question 25
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Suppose someone offered you your choice of two equally risky annuities, each paying $5,000 per year for 5 years. One is an annuity due, while the other is a regular (or deferred) annuity. If you are a rational wealth-maximizing investor which annuity would you choose?
Correct!
  
The annuity due


Without information about the appropriate interest rate, we cannot find the values of the two annuities, hence we cannot tell which is better
  
The deferred annuity

  
Either one as they have the same present value

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