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Question 17  bond pricing

A three year bond has a face value of $100, a yield of 10% and a fixed coupon rate of 5%, paid semi-annually. What is its price?

(a) 87.31

(b) 86.92

(c) 76.37

(d) 74.62

(e) 58.63

Question 41  DDM, income and capital returns

The following is the Dividend Discount Model (DDM) used to price stocks:

### P_0 = \frac{d_1}{r-g} ###

Assume that the assumptions of the DDM hold and that the time period is measured in years.

Which of the following is equal to the expected dividend in 3 years, ## d_3 ##?

(a) ## d_1(1+g)^3 ##

(b) ## P_3(r-g) ##

(c) ## d_2(1+g)^2 ##

(d) ## P_0(1+g)^3(r-g) ##

(e) ## P_0(1+g)^2(r-g) ##

Question 196  DDM, no explanation

A share pays annual dividends. It just paid a dividend of $2. The growth rate in the dividend is 3% pa. You estimate that the stock's required return is 8% pa. Both the discount rate and growth rate are given as effective annual rates.

Using the dividend discount model, what is the share price?

(a) 25

(b) 25.72

(c) 25.75

(d) 40

(e) 41.2

Question 224  CFFA

Cash Flow From Assets (CFFA) can be defined as:

(a) Cash available to distribute to creditors and stockholders.

(b) Cash flow to creditors minus cash flow to stockholders.

(c) Net income (or earnings) plus depreciation plus interest expense.

(d) Net income minus the increase in net working capital.

(e) Net income minus net capital spending minus the increase in net working capital.

Question 229  bond pricing

An investor bought two fixed-coupon bonds issued by the same company, a zero-coupon bond and a 7% pa semi-annual coupon bond. Both bonds have a face value of $1,000, mature in 10 years, and had a yield at the time of purchase of 8% pa.

A few years later, yields fell to 6% pa. Which of the following statements is correct? Note that a capital gain is an increase in price.

(a) The zero-coupon bond and the 7% semi-annual coupon bond were both discount bonds but now they are both premium bonds.

(b) The zero-coupon bond and the 7% semi-annual coupon bond were both premium bonds but now they are both discount bonds.

(c) When yields fell, the investor made a capital loss on both bonds.

(d) When yields fell, the investor made a capital gain on both bonds.

(e) When yields fell, the investor made a capital gain on the zero coupon bond but a loss on the 7% semi-annual coupon bond.

Question 234  debt terminology

An 'interest only' loan can also be called a:

(a) Discount loan

(b) Par loan

(c) Premium loan

(d) Deferred repayment loan

(e) Fully amortising loan.

Question 288  Annuity

There are many ways to write the ordinary annuity formula.

Which of the following is NOT equal to the ordinary annuity formula?

(a) ##V_0 = \dfrac{C_1}{r} \left(1-\dfrac{1}{(1+r)^T} \right) ##

(b) ##V_0 = \dfrac{C_1 \left(1-\dfrac{1}{(1+r)^T} \right)}{r}##

(c) ##V_0 = C_1\dfrac{\left(1-(1+r)^{-T} \right)}{r}##

(d) ##V_0 = C_1 \left(1-(1+r)^{-T} \right) r^{-1}##

(e) ##V_0 = C_1 \left(r^{-1}-(1+r)^{-T-1} \right)##

Question 477  income and capital returns

An asset's total expected return over the next year is given by:

###r_\text{total} = \dfrac{c_1+p_1-p_0}{p_0} ###

Where ##p_0## is the current price, ##c_1## is the expected income in one year and ##p_1## is the expected price in one year. The total return can be split into the income return and the capital return.

Which of the following is the expected capital return?

(a) ##c_1##

(b) ##p_1-p_0##

(c) ##\dfrac{c_1}{p_0} ##

(d) ##\dfrac{p_1}{p_0} -1##

(e) ##\dfrac{p_1}{p_0} ##

Question 482  market capitalisation of equity

The below screenshot of Microsoft's (MSFT) details were taken from the Google Finance website on 28 Nov 2014. Some information has been deliberately blanked out.

What was MSFT's market capitalisation of equity?

(a) $395.11 million

(b) $21.01 billion

(c) $121.92 billion

(d) $393.95 billion

(e) $1.02935 trillion

Question 648  margin call, future

A trader buys a one year futures contract on crude oil. The contract is for the delivery of 1,000 barrels. The current futures price is $38.94 per barrel. The initial margin is $3,410 per contract, and the maintenance margin is $3,100 per contract.

What is the smallest price change that would lead to a margin call for the buyer?

(a) A price fall of $0.087571 per barrel.

(b) A price fall of $0.31 per barrel.

(c) A price fall of $3.41 per barrel.

(d) A price fall of $3.54 per barrel.

(e) A price fall of $3.894 per barrel.