WALL STREET PREP: BONDS CRASH COURSE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024

WALL STREET PREP: BONDS 2024
CRASH COURSE
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION



QUESTION 1



What is the focus of the course? - ANSWERS-analysis of debt



QUESTION 2



Where does demand for bonds come from? - ANSWERS-Demand comes from
governments, corporations, and households.



QUESTION 3



What are Fixed income securities? - ANSWERS-Fixed income securities: financial
instruments that require the borrower to pay a predetermined amount to the holder
of the security in exchange for capital upfront.



QUESTION 4



Example of a fixed income security - ANSWERS-Example: a corporation needs to
borrow $5,000,000. Corporation will issue a fixed income security. Owners of


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CRASH COURSE
securities, such as investors, now have the right to receive predetermined amounts
in exchange for giving that $5,000,000 upfront.

QUESTION 5



What are the 2 broad types of debt? - ANSWERS-Bonds and Loans



QUESTION 6



What do the government, households, and corporations use to borrow? -
ANSWERS-- Government borrows primarily with bonds

- Corporations use primarily both

- Households: borrow with loans, which sometimes may get turned into securitized
bonds



QUESTION 7



Debt from non-financial corporations - ANSWERS-Non-financial corporations:
The US is most heavily weighted towards corporate bonds.



QUESTION 8




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