Questions Answered Correct 2026
Updated.
bonds, stocks, options, future contracts, risk adjusted present value, expected - Answer
Valuation consists of:
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2
3
4
The basic process for each is the same, even though the formulas might look different. The
theory is finding the ____ of all the ___ future cash flows.
bond, borrower, owner - Answer ___ is a debt contract describing legal promises by a ___ to
the ___ of the bond (lender).
maturity, coupon rate, discount rate - Answer Things needed to know about bonds:
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2
3
maturity, last payment, return of principal, nominal, par, face value - Answer ___ (bond) is
the date that borrower pays the ____ (aka ____) to the bondholder, which is the ___ amount of
money lent or called ___ or ___ of the bond
par value of a bond, 1000, 100 - Answer ___ is the amount of money that bond issuers
promise to be repaid bondholders at a future date. Most corporate bonds have a value of
$____, although investment services are frequently quoted as price per ___, ignoring
denomination altogether.
coupon rate, periodic, semiannual, annual - Answer ___ determines the amount of the ___
interest payments that the borrower will pay. Most corporate bonds pay ___ interest. We will
assume ____ here.
discount rate, coupons, par - Answer ____ for bonds is called the yield of maturity. The rate
forces the price to equal the PV of the ____ and ___
, yield of maturity - Answer Discount rate is called the ____
yield, maturity, coupons, fair yield, default, market, fair value - Answer If a person bought a
bond, 4 things must happen to actually earn a ____.
1 Hold the bond until ____
2 Reinvest ____ at the ____
3 There can be no ____
4 ___ determined rates (yields) cannot change
*Condition 4 is so unlikely that is is not very useful to talk about whether a bondholder will earn
the yield.*
The trick is to pick the correct yield to use to find the ____, which can normally be found with
CAPM R=rf+B(rm-rf), however this does not work with bonds.
fair return, market - Answer A yield as the ____ in the ___ for bonds with similar
characteristics using:
*R=rf+DRP+MRP+LP
par, coupon rate, yield - Answer When a bond is priced at ___, it is because the ___ is
*EQUAL TO* the ____.
coupons, above, premium bond - Answer When a bond's yield is LOWER than the coupon
rate, people will pay extra to get the big ____, causing the price to be ___ 1000, or a ____
below, discount rate - Answer When a bond's yield is HIGHER than the coupon rate, it causes
the price to be ___ 1000, or a ___
premium bond - Answer The coupon rate is larger than the yielding rate make this a ____
discount bond - Answer The coupon rate is lower than the yielding rate ____ making this a
____
coupon, yield - Answer When companies are designing a new bond issue, they would like for
the ____ to be close to the current market ____. This makes it easier to predict how much
money they will be able to raise from the bonds.