Fight Finance

(a) the bond's face value multiplied by its annual yield to maturity.

(b) the bond's face value multiplied by its annual coupon rate.

(c) the bond's market price at the start of the year multiplied by its annual yield to maturity.

(d) the bond's market price at the start of the year multiplied by its annual coupon rate.

(e) the future value of the actual cash payments of the bond over the year, grown to the end of the year, and grown by the bond's yield to maturity.

(a) Buy less land, buildings and trucks than what was planned. Assume that this has no impact on revenue.

(b) Pay off more debt than was planned, to reduce the firm’s interest expense.

(c) Change the depreciation method used for tax purposes from diminishing value to straight line, so less depreciation occurs this year and more occurs in later years. Assume that the government’s tax department allow this.

(d) Buying more inventory than was planned, so there is an increase in net working capital. Assume that there is no increase in sales.

(e) Raising new equity through a rights issue. Assume that all of the money raised is spent on new capital assets such as land and trucks, but they will be fitted out and delivered in one year so no new cash will be earned from them.

(a) -1,000%

(b) -150%

(c) -100%

(d) -15%

(e) -10%

(a) Day of the payment date, between the payment date's morning opening price and afternoon closing price.

(b) Night before the payment date, between the previous day's afternoon closing price and the payment date's morning opening price.

(c) Day of the ex-dividend date, between the ex-dividend date's morning opening price and afternoon closing price.

(d) Night before the ex-dividend date, between the last with-dividend date's afternoon closing price and the ex-dividend date's morning opening price.

(e) Day of the last with-dividend date, between the with-dividend date's morning opening price and afternoon closing price.

(a) $36.74 share price and 37.5m shares on issue.

(b) $37.925 share price and 30m shares on issue.

(c) $40.875 share price and 33.706422m shares on issue.

(d) $40.875 share price and 35.559633m shares on issue.

(e) $47.5556 share price and 33.75m shares on issue.

(a) Low debt to assets ratios.

(b) Low quick ratios.

(c) High interest coverage ratios.

(d) Positive amounts of net working capital.

(e) High net profit margins.

(a) Obligation to sell the underlying oil at $44 per barrel.

(b) Right to buy the underlying oil at $44 per barrel if she wants.

(c) Right to sell the underlying oil at $44 per barrel if she wants.

(d) Obligation to buy the underlying oil $44 per barrel if the counterparty chooses to sell it.

(e) Obligation to sell the underlying oil at $44 per barrel if the counterparty chooses to buy it.

(a) Is the weighted average time that an asset’s cash flows are received, usually measured in years.

(b) Divided by (1+y) equals the modified duration, where y is the yield to maturity given as an effective annual rate and duration is measured in years.

(c) Of a zero-coupon bond is equal to the bond’s maturity.

(d) Of a fixed-coupon-paying bond will be less than the bond’s maturity.

(e) Of a portfolio is an arithmetic average of the Macaulay durations of the assets in the portfolio, weighted by their face values.

(a) Adam’s opportunity cost of picking one date per hour is 7/6 coconuts, so he picks around 1.1667 coconuts per one date per one hour.

(b) Bella’s opportunity cost of picking one date per hour is 3/5 coconuts, so she picks around 0.6 coconuts per one date per one hour.

(c) Adam’s opportunity cost of picking one coconut per hour is 6/7 dates, so he picks around 0.8571 dates per one coconut per one hour.

(d) Bella’s opportunity cost of picking one coconut per hour is 5/3 dates, so she picks around 1.6667 dates per one coconut per one hour.

(e) The gradients (rise over run) of the lines in the graph are measured in dates per one coconut per hour.