A fixed coupon corporate bond with 30 years to maturity has a price quote of 93.5, with payments made annually.  What coupon rate would a company expect for this bond if you expect the yield to be about 8%?  (hint – Assume the quote should be used as percentage of par.  You do not need to consider this bond as quoted in 8ths)  * Please show your work clearly on your hand-written page.  Partial credit will be given if I can follow your work. *

Provide one argument in favor of and one against the idea that the Fed was responsible for the housing price bubble of the early 2000s. Be specific with your answer and build your strongest argument using only ONE argument on each side of the debate.  

ABC Corporation just announced a 2-for-1 stock split.  Prior to the split the company had a market value of $3.2 billion with 40 million shares outstanding.  The split conveys no new information about the ABC Corporation. To receive full credit or to earn partial credit, please do your work on the hand-written page.  (Submit with all your hand-written work as the last problem on the exam.)  Prior to the split, what was the price per share of ABC Corporation stock? [a] What is the value of ABC Corporation after the split? [b] How many shares will be outstanding after the split? [c] What will the price per share be after the split? [d]  

A fixed coupon bond with 20 years to maturity has a coupon rate of 7.7%, with payments made annually.  What is the price the company would expect to see for this bond if it expects the yield to be 9%? * Draw a timeline of show all cashflows for this bond.  Submit the timeline with your hand-written work. * 

A fixed coupon bond with 20 years to maturity has a coupon rate of 5.5%, with payments made annually.  What is the price the company would expect to see for this bond if it expects the yield to be 9%? * Draw a timeline of show all cashflows for this bond.  Submit the timeline with your hand-written work. *  

FAB-u-less BANK currently has $12 million in deposits and holds $600,000 in excess reserves.  A new customer comes along with a fabulous new deposit of $75,000.  Assuming that the bank policy is to hold a total of 11% of deposits in the form of reserves, how much would the bank required reserves increase on the new deposit?   [a] Calculate the excess reserve ratio: [b] Calculate the required reserve ratio:  [c] How much would the bank required reserves increase on the new deposit? To receive full credit or to earn partial credit, please do your work on the hand-written page.  (Submit with all your hand-written work as the last problem on the exam.)     

A fixed coupon bond with 20 years to maturity has a coupon rate of 7%, with payments made annually.  What is the price the company would expect to see for this bond if it expects the yield to be 9%?   * Draw a timeline of show all cashflows for this bond.  Submit the timeline with your hand-written work. *

Please take a photo/PDF of your hand-written work and submit it here.  Your work will be graded.  Please write your name at the top of the submission and make sure the problems are clearly labeled.   If you have more than one page, you will likely have to submit one page here and one page on the next “question.” Thank you!

Please take a photo/PDF of your hand-written work and submit it here.  Your work will be graded.  Upload your work, do not email it. Failing to submit your written work will result in partial credit at best.   Thank you!

ABC Corporation just announced a 2-for-1 stock split.  Prior to the split the company had a market value of $2.1 billion with 30 million shares outstanding.  The split conveys no new information about the ABC Corporation. To receive full credit or to earn partial credit, please do your work on the hand-written page.  (Submit with all your hand-written work as the last problem on the exam.)  Prior to the split, what was the price per share of ABCorporation stock? [a] What is the value of ABC Corporation after the split? [b] How many shares will be outstanding after the split? [c] What will the price per share be after the split? [d]