Fight Finance

(a) The NPV will be negative and the profitability index will be less than 1.

(b) The NPV will be positive and the profitability index will be more than 1.

(c) The payback period will be positive and the Accounting Rate of Return will be more than the target return.

(d) The NPV will be positive and the profitability index will be negative.

(e) The NPV will be negative and the profitability index will be positive.

An abandonment option is best modeled as a or option?

(a) ##\min(S_0 - K, 0)##.

(b) ##\min(K-S_0, 0)##.

(c) ##\max(S_0-K, 0)##.

(d) ##\max(K-S_0, 0)##.

(e) ##\max(K, S_0)##.

(a) An effective semi-annual rate could be called: "a six month rate compounding per six months".

(b) An APR compounding semi-annually could be called: "a yearly rate compounding per six months".

(c) An effective monthly rate could be called: "a monthly rate compounding every month".

(d) An APR compounding monthly could be called: "a monthly rate compounding per year".

(e) An effective daily rate could be called: "a daily rate compounding every day".

(a) Neither Miss Red nor Mrs Green would appear rational to an economist.

(b) Mrs Green is satiated when she has $25 of wealth. That is her bliss point.

(c) Mrs Green is risk loving when she has between zero and $25 of wealth, same as Mr Blue.

(d) Mrs Green is risk averse when she has between $25 and $50 of wealth.

(e) Mrs Green is risk loving when she has between $50 and $100 of wealth, same as Mr Blue.

(a) Nil income cash flow.

(b) Real total return of zero.

(c) Real capital return equal to the inflation rate.

(d) Real income return of zero.

(e) Nominal income return of zero.

(a) IRR is lower.

(b) Discount rate is lower.

(c) NPV is higher.

(d) Positive cash flows occur sooner.

(e) Negative cash flows occur later.

(a) $0.287263739

(b) $0.398141032

(c) $1.142227853

(d) $1.667914067

(e) $2.193600281

(a) Bank accepted bill (BAB).

(b) Certificate of deposit (CD).

(c) Fixed coupon bond.

(d) Promissory note (PN)

(e) Treasury note or bill.

(a) The Macaulay duration of the bond is 10.5 years.

(b) If yields-to-maturity suddenly rose by 1 percentage point then bond prices would suddenly fall by 10% or less.

(c) If yields-to-maturity suddenly fell by 2 percentage points then bond prices would suddenly rise by 20% or less.

(d) If the bond is a zero-coupon bond then its maturity is 10.5 years.

(e) The duration-price-change formula assumes parallel shifts in the yield curve.