Quiz II Flashcards
Currently, the bond market requires a return of 11.6 percent on the 10-year bonds issued by Winston Industries. The 11.6 percent is referred to as which one of the following?
yield to maturity
A bond that is payable to whomever has physical possession of the bond is said to be in:
bearer form
A call-protected bond is a bond that:
cannot be called during a certain period of time
A bond that has only one payment, which occurs at maturity, defines which one of the following?
zero cupon
You want to buy a bond from a dealer. Which one of the following prices will you pay?
asked price
The difference between the price that a dealer is willing to pay and the price at which he or she will sell is called the:
spread
The Fisher effect is defined as the relationship between which of the following variables?
real rates, inflation, and nominal rates
The interest rate risk premium is the:
compensation investors demand for accepting interest rate risk.
A Treasury yield curve plots Treasury interest rates relative to which one of the following?
maturity
Which one of the following risk premiums compensates for the possibility of nonpayment by the bond issuer?
default risk
The liquidity premium is compensation to investors for:
the lack of an active market wherein a bond can be sold for its actual value.
A bond has a market price that exceeds its face value. Which of the following features currently apply to this bond?
I. discounted price
II. premium price
III. yield-to-maturity that exceeds the coupon rate
IV. yield-to-maturity that is less than the coupon rate
II and IV only
All else constant, a bond will sell at _____ when the coupon rate is _____ the yield to maturity.
a discount, less than
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?
decrease the market price
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?
The bonds will sell at a premium if the market rate is 5.5 percent.
Which one of the following bonds is the least sensitive to interest rate risk?
3-year; 6 percent coupon
A company has two open seats, Seat A and Seat B, on its board of directors. There are 6 candidates vying for these 2 positions. There will be a single election to determine the winner of both open seats. As the owner of 100 shares of stock, you will receive one vote per share for each open seat. You decide to cast all 200 of your votes for a single candidate. What is this type of voting called?
cumulative
You want to be on the board of directors of Wisely Foods. Since you are the only shareholder that will vote for you, you will need to own more than half of the outstanding shares of stock if you are to be elected to the board. What is the type of voting called that requires this level of stock ownership to be successfully elected under these conditions?
straight
An agent who arranges a transaction between a buyer and a seller of equity securities is called a:
broker
A securities market primarily comprised of dealers who buy and sell for their own inventories is referred to which type of market?
over the counter