{"id":216448,"date":"2018-09-15T21:06:41","date_gmt":"2018-09-15T21:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/09\/15\/fin-350-quiz-4\/"},"modified":"2018-10-24T08:50:28","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T08:50:28","slug":"fin-350-quiz-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/fin-350-quiz-4\/","title":{"rendered":"FIN 350 Quiz 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Question 1\t \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\tBonds that are secured by personal property are called\t\u00a0\tQuestion 2\t \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\tLeveraged buyouts are commonly financed by the issuance of:\t\u00a0\tQuestion 3\t\u00a0\t \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\tBonds issued by ____ are backed by the federal government.\t\u00a0\tQuestion 4\t\u00a0\t \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\tThe Treasury has relied heavily on ____-year bonds to finance the U.S. budget deficit.\t\u00a0\tQuestion 5\t\u00a0\t \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\tThe coupon rate of most variable-rate bonds is tied to\t\u00a0\tQuestion 6\t\u00a0\t \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\tAssume that you purchased corporate bonds one year ago that have no protective covenants. Today, it is announced that the firm that issued the bonds plans a leveraged buyout. The market value of your bonds will likely ____ as a result.\t\u00a0\tQuestion 7\t\u00a0\t \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\t____ require the owner to clip coupons attached to the bonds and send them to the issuer to receive coupon payments.\t\u00a0\tQuestion 8\t\u00a0\t \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\tAssume U.S. interest rates are significantly higher than German rates. A U.S. firm with a German subsidiary could achieve a lower financing rate, without exchange rate risk by denominating the bonds in\t\u00a0\tQuestion 9\t\u00a0\t \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\tWhich of the following would not be a likely example of a protective covenant provision?\t\u00a0\tQuestion 10\t\u00a0\t \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\tA ten-year, inflation-indexed bond has a par value of $10,000 and a coupon rate of 5 percent. During the first six months since the bond was issued, the inflation rate was 2 percent. Based on this information, the coupon payment after six months will be $____.\t\u00a0\tQuestion 11\t\u00a0\t \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\tA call provision on bonds normally\t\u00a0\tQuestion 12\t\u00a0\t \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\tWhen firms issue ____, the amount of interest and principal to be paid is based on specified market conditions. The amount of the repayment may be tied to a Treasury bond price index or even to a stock index.\t\u00a0\tQuestion 13\t\u00a0\t \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\tBonds that are not secured by specific property are called\t\u00a0\tQuestion 14\t\u00a0\t \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\tInvestors in Treasury notes and bonds receive ____ interest payments from the Treasury.\t\u00a0\tQuestion 15\t\u00a0\t \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\tWhen would a firm most likely call bonds?\t\u00a0\tQuestion 16\t\u00a0\t \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\tWhen two securities have the same expected cash flows, the value of the ____ security will be higher than the value of the ____ security.\t\u00a0\tQuestion 17\t\u00a0\t \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\tIf investors rely strictly on modified duration to estimate the percentage change in the price of a bond, they will tend to ____ the price decline associated with an increase in rates and ____ the price increase associated with a decrease in rates.\t\u00a0\tQuestion 18\t\u00a0\t \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\tAs interest rates consistently rise over a specific period, the market price of a bond you own would likely ____ over this period. (Assume no major change in the bond&#8217;s default risk.)\t\u00a0\tQuestion 19\t\u00a0\t \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\tThe appropriate discount rate for valuing any bond is the\t\u00a0\tQuestion 20\t\u00a0\t \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\tWhich of the following bonds is most susceptible to interest rate risk from an investor&#8217;s perspective?\t\u00a0\tQuestion 21\t\u00a0\t \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\tIf analysts expect that the demand for loanable funds will decrease, and the supply of loanable funds will increase, they would most likely expect interest rates to ____ and prices of existing bonds to ____.\t\u00a0\tQuestion 22\t\u00a0\t \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\tWhich of the following will most likely cause bond prices to increase? (Assume no possibility of higher inflation in the future.)\t\u00a0\tQuestion 23\t\u00a0\t \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\tAs interest rates increase, long-term bond prices\t\u00a0\tQuestion 24\t\u00a0\t \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\tFrom the perspective of investing institutions, the most attractive foreign bonds offer a ____ and are denominated in a currency that ____ over the investment horizon.\t\u00a0\tQuestion 25\t\u00a0\t \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\tThe bonds that are most sensitive to interest rate movements have\t\u00a0\tQuestion 26\t\u00a0\t \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\tIf a financial institution&#8217;s bond portfolio contains a relatively large portion of ____, it will be ____.\t\u00a0\tQuestion 27\t\u00a0\t \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\tAs interest rates consistently decline over a specific period, the market price of a bond you own would likely ____ over this period. (Assume no major change in the bond&#8217;s default risk.)\t\u00a0\tQuestion 28\t\u00a0\t \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\tWith a(n) ____ strategy, funds are allocated to bonds with a short term to maturity and bonds with a long term to maturity. Thus, this strategy allocates some funds to achieving a relatively high return and other funds to covering liquidity needs.\t\u00a0\tQuestion 29\t\u00a0\t \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\tIn the ____ strategy, funds are allocated to bonds with a short term to maturity and bonds with a long term to maturity.\t\u00a0\tQuestion 30\t\u00a0\t \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\tWhich of the following formulas best describes the value of a bond?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question 1 \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0 Bonds that are secured by personal property are called \u00a0 Question 2 \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0 Leveraged buyouts are commonly financed by the issuance of: \u00a0 Question 3 \u00a0 \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0 Bonds issued by ____ are backed by the federal government. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/fin-350-quiz-4\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216448\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}