A 8-year maturity zero-coupon bond selling at a yield to maturity of 9% (effective annual yield) has convexity of 155.1 and modified duration of 7.06 years. A 30-year maturity 5% coupon bond making annual coupon payments also selling at a yield to maturity of 9% has nearly identical duration—7.04 years—but considerably higher convexity of 244.8.a. Suppose the yield to maturity on both bonds increases to 10%. What will be the actual percentage capital loss/gain on each bond? What percentage capital loss/gain would be predicted by the duration-with-convexity rule? (Input all amounts as positive values. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)b. Suppose the yield to maturity on both bonds decreases to 8%. What will be the actual percentage capital loss/gain on each bond? What percentage capital loss/gain would be predicted by the duration-with-convexity rule? (Input all amounts as positive values. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)

At a student café, there are equal numbers of two types of customers with the following values. the café owner cannot distinguish between the two types of students because many students without early classes arrive early anyway (i.e., she cannot price-discriminate). students with early classes students without early classes coffee 70 60 banana 51 101 the marginal cost of coffee is 10 and the marginal cost of a banana is 40. the café owner is considering three pricing strategies: 1. mixed bundling: price bundle of coffee and a banana for 161, or just a coffee for 70. 2. price separately: offer coffee at 60, price a banana at 101. 3. bundle only: coffee and a banana for 121. do not offer goods separately. assume that if the price of an item or bundle is no more than exactly equal to a student's willingness to pay, then the student will purchase the item or bundle. for simplicity, assume there is just one student with an early class, and one student without an early class. price strategy revenue from pricing strategy cost from pricing strategy profit from pricing strategy 1. mixed bundling $ $ $ 2. price separately $ $ $ 3. bundle only $ $ $ pricing strategy yields the highest profit for the café owner.

Which statement best explains the relationship between points a and b? a. consumption reaches its highest point, and then supply begins to fall. b. inflation reaches its highest point, and then the economy begins to expand. c. production reaches its highest point, and then the economy begins to contract. d. unemployment reaches its highest point, and then inflation begins to decrease.

Why do you think the compensation plans differ at the two firms? in particular, why do you think kaufmann’s pays commissions to salespeople, while parkleigh does not? why does parkleigh offer employees discounts on purchases, while kaufmann’s does not?