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| If interest rates increase, the value of a bond decreases and vice versa |
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| Suppose two bonds of equivalent risk and maturity have different prices such that one is a premium bond and one is a discount bond. The premium bond must have a greater expected return than the discount bond. |
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| A bond with an 11% coupon and a 9% required return will sell at a premium to par. |
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| A fairly priced bond with a coupon less than the expected return must sell at a discount from par |
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| The longer the time to maturity the lower the security's price sensitivity to an interest rate change, ceteris paribus |
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| The greater a security's coupon the lower the security's price sensitivity to an interest rate change, ceteris paribus. |
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| For a given interest rate change, a 20 year bond's price change will be twice that of a 10 year bond's price change. |
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| Any security that returns a greater percentage of the price sooner is less price volatile |
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| A Treasury security in which periodic coupon interest payments can be separated from each other and from the principal payment is called a |
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| Which one of the following bonds is likely to have the highest required rate of return, ceteris paribus? |
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| AA rated callable corporate bond without a sinking fund |
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| Interest income from Treasury securities is _____, and interest income from municipal bonds is always _____. |
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| Taxable at federal level only; exempt from federal taxes |
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| When an investment banker purchases an offering from a bond issuer and then resells it to the public this is known as a |
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| The largest type of municipal bonds outstanding are _______________. |
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Which of the following is/are true about callable bonds?
I. Must always be called at par
II. Will normally be called after interest rates drop
III. Can be called by either the bondholder or the bond issuer
IV. Have higher required returns than non-callable bonds |
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Convertible bonds are
I. Options attached to bonds that give the bondholder the right to purchase stock at a preset price without giving up the bond
II. Bonds in which the issue matures (converts) a little each year
III. Bonds collateralized with certain types of automobiles
IV. Bonds that may be converted to a certain number of shares of stock determined by the conversion ratio |
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With respect to private placements of bonds, which of the following is correct?
I. Issuers of privately placed bonds tend to be less well known than public bond issues
II. Interest rates on privately placed debt tend to be higher than for similar public issues
III. Purchasers of privately placed debt have assets of at least $100 million
IV. Once bonds have been privately placed, the original buyers must hold the bonds until maturity |
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| An unsecured bond that has no specific collateral other than the general creditworthiness of the issuing firm is called a debenture. |
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| T-notes and T-bonds are issued in minimum denominations of $1,000 or multiples of $1,000. |
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