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BA303 Exam #2 Take-home Due Wednesday July 28, 2010 Prof. Dimond Summer 2010 For questions 1-13, please choose the BEST answer. Answers must be submitted on a Scantron form 882-E (Question 14 is a computation problem, and must be solved on the sheet provided.) (Multiple Choice: 1 point each) 1. You just won the grand prize in a national writing contest! As your prize, you will receive $2,000 a month for ten years. If you can earn 7 percent on your money, what is this prize worth to you today? A. $172,252.71 B. $178,411.06 C. $181,338.40 D. $185,333.33 E. $190,450.25 2. Phil can afford $180 a month for 5 years for a car loan. If the interest rate is 8.6 percent, how much can he afford to borrow to purchase a car? A. $7,750.00 B. $8,348.03 C. $8,752.84 D. $9,266.67 E. $9,400.00 3. You are scheduled to receive annual payments of $4,800 for each of the next 7 years. The discount rate is 8 percent. What is the difference in the present value if you receive these payments at the beginning of each year rather than at the end of each year? A. $1,999 B. $2,013 C. $2,221 D. $2,227 E. $2,304 4. What is the future value of $1,200 a year for 40 years at 8 percent interest? Assume annual compounding. A. $301,115 B. $306,492 C. $310,868 D. $342,908 E. $347,267

5. Alexa plans on saving $3,000 a year and expects to earn an annual rate of 10.25 percent. How much will she have in her account at the end of 45 years? A. $1,806,429 B. $1,838,369 C. $2,211,407 D. $2,333,572 E. $2,508,316 6. You are borrowing $17,800 to buy a car. The terms of the loan call for monthly payments for 5 years at 8.6 percent interest. What is the amount of each payment? A. $287.71 B. $291.40 C. $301.12 D. $342.76 E. $366.05 7. Holiday Tours (HT) has an employment contract with its newly hired CEO. The contract requires a lump sum payment of $10.4 million be paid to the CEO upon the successful completion of her first three years of service. HT wants to set aside an equal amount of money at the end of each year to cover this anticipated cash outflow and will earn 5.65 percent on the funds. How much must HT set aside each year for this purpose? A. $3,184,467 B. $3,277,973 C. $3,006,409 D. $3,318,190 E. $3,466,667 8. The Walthers Company has a semi-annual coupon bond outstanding. An increase in the market rate of interest will have which one of the following effects on this bond? A. increase the coupon rate B. decrease the coupon rate C. increase the market price D. decrease the market price E. increase the time period 9. Green Roof Inns is preparing a bond offering with a 6 percent, semiannual coupon and a face value of $1,000. The bonds will be repaid in 10 years and will be sold at par. Given this, which one of the following statements is correct? A. The bonds will become discount bonds if the market rate of interest declines. B. The bonds will pay 10 interest payments of $60 each. C. The bonds will sell at a premium if the market rate is 5.5 percent. D. The bonds will initially sell for $1,030 each. E. The final payment will be in the amount of $1,060.

10. A newly issued bond has a 7 percent coupon with semiannual interest payments. The bonds are currently priced at par value. The effective annual rate provided by these bonds must be: A. 3.5 percent. B. greater than 3.5 percent but less than 7 percent. C. 7 percent. D. greater than 7 percent. E. Answer cannot be determined from the information provided. 11. Which one of the following bonds is the least sensitive to interest rate risk? A. 3-year; 4 percent coupon B. 3-year; 6 percent coupon C. 5-year; 6 percent coupon D. 7-year; 6 percent coupon E. 7-year; 4 percent coupon 12. A 6 percent, annual coupon bond is currently selling at a premium and matures in 7 years. The bond was originally issued 3 years ago at par. Which one of the following statements is accurate in respect to this bond today? A. The face value of the bond today is greater than it was when the bond was issued. B. The bond is worth less today than when it was issued. C. The yield-to-maturity is less than the coupon rate. D. The coupon rate is greater than the current yield. E. The yield-to-maturity equals the current yield. 13. Bonds issued by the U.S. government: A. are considered to be free of interest rate risk. B. generally have higher coupons than those issued by an individual state. C. are considered to be free of default risk. D. pay interest that is exempt from federal income taxes. E. are called "munis".

NAME:____________________________________________ Please complete this problem and show your work. 14. (12 points) The yield-to-maturity on a bond is the interest rate you earn on your investment if interest rates do not change. If you actually sell the bond before it matures, your realized return is known as the holding period yield. Suppose that today, you buy a 12 percent annual coupon bond for $1,000. The bond has 13 years to maturity. Two years from now, the yield-to-maturity has declined to 11 percent and you decide to sell. What is your holding period yield?