Final Exam 3 Flashcards
(30 cards)
If the fed funds rate is steadily rising, it indicates that the Federal Reserve is
tightening credit
basis points vs. bond point
For bonds, every 1 point represents 100 basis points. Therefore, one basis point is equal to .01%, or 1/100th of 1%. (15244)
The U.S. Treasury normally looks to increase the length of the average maturity of its outstanding debt when
interest rates are expected to rise. In doing so, the Treasury would need to engage in fewer refunding programs, would reduce the sensitivity of the interest portion of its debt service to current interest rates, as well as reduce the cost of financing its debt. Should interest rates be falling, the U.S. Treasury would be more inclined to issue short-term debt.
State and Local Government Series (SLGS) securities
State and Local Government Series (SLGS) securities are special securities issued by the Treasury Department to state and local government entities (municipalities) upon request to assist them in complying with federal tax laws and Internal Revenue Service arbitrage regulations when they have cash proceeds to invest from their issuance of tax-exempt bonds.
A Direct Pay Build America Bond may be used to raise capital for
the same purposes as regular tax-exempt municipal debt except for refundings, working capital, private activity bonds, and 501(c)(3) borrowers. (66803)
Rising inflation will tend to:
Rising inflation tends to have a negative impact on the bond market. When there is rising inflation, bond investors look to trade out of fixed-income investments, whose returns will be eroded by rising consumer prices. This selling pressure negatively affects bond prices in the market.
When interest rates fluctuate, the price of the lower coupon bond i
is more volatile, or price-sensitive, than the price of the higher coupon bond.
A special tax bond is a
revenue bond that is backed by a tax on a specific or designated source. Voter approval is not required and examples include sales taxes, gasoline taxes, or tobacco taxes, or hotel or tourist taxes. The issuer is not pledging taxes received from the municipality’s general fund
If interest rates are expected to rise, for bonds trading at a premium which has the worst capital risk?
for bonds trading at a premium, the one with the greatest amount of capital risk is the bond with the longest time to maturity.
The coverage for revenue bonds is a ratio that
is used to determine a municipality’s ability to pay the annual debt service on its outstanding debt. Most issuers use a net revenue pledge which is calculated using the following formula:
Net Revenues
Debt Service
securities purchased are advance-refunded and the issue has an explicitly reserved call feature, which of the following would describe the proper disclosure on a customer confirmation
If securities purchased are advance-refunded and the issue has an explicitly reserved call feature, the proper disclosure on a customer confirmation would be escrowed to the call date.
If securities purchased are advance-refunded and the issue has been called the disclosure
If the securities are called, the proper disclosure would be prerefunded and the date of the call and amount of the call price must be disclosed.
If securities purchased are advance-refunded and the issue has only a sinking fund call, disclosure
the proper disclosure on a customer confirmation would be escrowed to maturity. If the sinking fund is operable, the securities must also be described as callable.
When a buyer and seller execute a trade in a municipal security and the settlement date is later than a regular-way trade, they are using:
When the buyer and seller have agreed in advance to make delivery on a date that’s later than regular-way settlement (T + 2), it’s referred to as extended or delayed settlement.
A forward delivery is a form of delivery
in which the security is priced based on a future settlement date.
Any money due on a close-out transaction is required to be forwarded to the appropriate party within:
Five business days of the date of execution of the close-out notice
The most important factors in determining the price of a bond are the
The coupon, maturity, and yield.
When the coupons and yields are similar, maturity is the prime factor. The shorter the maturity, the higher the pric
A VRDO is a
municipal instrument that allows the holder to sell the bond back to the issuer, usually one time per year, at par plus accrued interest. The interest rate is periodically changed to reflect market conditions. To ensure that funds will be available to pay bondholders putting bonds back to the issuer, VRDOs are backed by a letter of credit. Therefore, they are not considered general obligation securities.
A Municipal Fund Securities Limited Principal (Series 51)
may approve the account if the customer planned to invest solely in municipal fund securities (529 Plans).
Time of trade disclosures
must be made regardless of whether the trade is solicited or unsolicited, or if the trade is made in the primary or secondary market. In addition, the disclosure must be made available publicly through established industry resources such as the MSRB’s Electronic Municipal Market Access
In the contraction phase of the business cycle you would tend to find
During a period of contraction, or recession, as it is often referred to, you would see an attempt by the Federal Reserve to make money easier. This would mean one would find interest rates decreasing and the Federal Reserve following a buying policy. The demand for goods would be decreasing and the general rate of inflation would begin to slow down.
The bidding restrictions would be found in
The bidding restrictions would be found in
In order to increase investment spending by businesses, the FRB would
Investment spending by businesses would tend to occur if the FRB is pursuing an easy money policy. If the FRB wanted to make money easy (more available), it would take action to inject money into the banking system by buying securities, which would increase bank reserves and the money supply. This would tend to reduce the overall level of interest rate
A strengthening of the U.S dollar against foreign currencies will have which of the following effects
A strengthening or increase of the dollar against foreign currencies will make U.S. exports less competitive with foreign exports. The U.S. dollar will be worth more in relation to foreign currencies. This will result in foreigners being required to spend a relatively higher amount of their currency to purchase U.S. products,
