Imagine you are working at a mortgage-backed securities (MBS) desk at an investment bank. A housing finance company has just securitized a pool of mortgages, and you are tasked with valuing the pass-through security that investors will buy. The deal contains [number] identical [year]-year fixed-rate mortgages, each with a balance of $100,000 and a [coupon]% annual coupon. Assume the following: Constant prepayment rate (CPR) = [cpr]% annually. Risk-free discount rate = [rf]%. No default risk (only prepayments).   Task:Estimate the value of the MBS.   Please round your answer to the nearest two decimals. Do not type the $ symbol.

The negotiations begin! Your company has excess cash that it wants to park for a short period while waiting to fund an upcoming project. To do so, the treasurer suggests the money could be placed in a Eurodollar time deposit. More specifically, a [days]-day Eurodollar deposit with an initial investment of $[deposit]. The interest rate is the [days]-day LIBOR of [rate]% per annum, quoted on a simple (add-on) interest basis. One of the directors at the table asks you … If we move forward with this possibility, How much interest will our company receive when the deposit matures at the end of [days] days?   *Round your answer to the nearest three decimals. Do not type the $ symbol.

OPTIONAL: Paste the link to the Excel spreadsheet used during this exam.  *You can get this link by clicking on “SAVE YOUR WORK” (top/left of the Excel window). Once you click on that button, the link will be copied to your computer’s clipboard. Next, you can press “Ctrl + V” to paste it below. *If you do not paste that link here, it will not be possible to access your calculations, once you close this exam.

The morning round of negotiations concludes, and everyone will reconvene in the afternoon. By now, you have become a reliable participant in the meetings, especially for quick, precise calculations. Nancy, one of your colleagues, gives you a heads-up that the afternoon session will be shorter and focused on swaps. Although you have not received significant training in swaps, you understand that the pricing principles should be similar to those for other fixed-income instruments. You go over the data that will be used in the afternoon session, and you give it a try at calculating the price of an interest-rate-swap price, as a starting point. You are familiar with par rates, so you know that the calculation is exactly the same.   Please provide your answer as percentage and not as decimal (i.e. 5.2% and not 0.052). Please round to the nearest three decimals if needed. TTM DF 1yr [pvf1] 2yr [pvf2] 3yr [pvf3] 4yr [pvf4]

The first round of negotiations will begin in approximately 45 minutes. You are excited about the opportunity to participate in the discussions. Moreover, your supervisor informs you that you will be leading the conversation if the topic of funding comes up. More precisely, you should advise the investments team on whether long term borrowing vs. short term borrowing is preferrable under the current market conditions. You recall that forward rates should provide a rough idea on whether markets expect rates to move up or down. Luckily, you have now obtained all the current spot rates listed below, so estimating forward rates is rather straightforward:    1-year spot rate: [spot1]% 2-year spot rate: [spot2]% 3-year spot rate: [spot3]% 4-year spot rate: [spot4]% 5-year spot rate: [spot5]% 6-year spot rate: [spot6]% 7-year spot rate: [spot7]% 8-year spot rate: [spot8]%   For your potential intervention during the meeting, you consider that the [length]-year forward rate starting at year [start] is the best proxy to make a recommendation.    After some calculations, you find that the [length]-year forward rate starting at year [start] is exactly ___________.   Round your answer to the nearest three decimals if needed. Type your answer in percentage and not in decimals (i.e. 5.212 and not 0.052). Do not type the % symbol.

Chapters 1 through 4 of the NEC apply _____.

Wiring shall be installed so that the completed system will be free from _____, other than as required or permitted elsewhere in the Code.

Political affiliation does not play a role in the appointment of federal judges. 

In Frederick v. Morse (2006), the Supreme Court found:

Fundamental to ________________ law is the concept that judges should look to the past and follow court precedents.