Bond X is a premium bond making semiannual payments. The bond has a coupon rate of 8.4 percent, a YTM of 6.4 percent, and has 17 years to maturity. Bond Y is a discount bond making semiannual payments. This bond has a coupon rate of 6.4 percent, a YTM of 8.4 percent, and also has 17 years to maturity. Assume the interest rates remain unchanged and both bonds have a par value of $1,000.
1. What are the prices of these bonds today?
2. What do you expect the prices of these bonds to be in one year?
3. What do you expect the prices of these bonds to be in three years?
4. What do you expect the prices of these bonds to be in eight years?
5. What do you expect the prices of these bonds to be in 12 years?
6. What do you expect the prices of these bonds to be in 17 years?

You are chairman of the board of a successful technology firm. there is a nominal federal corporate tax rate of 35 percent, yet the effective tax rate of the typical corporation is about 12.6%. your firm has been clever with use of transfer pricing and keeping money abroad and has barely paid any taxes over the last 5 years; during this same time period, profits were $28 billion. one member of the board feels that it is un-american to use various accounting strategies in order to avoid paying taxes. others feel that these are legal loopholes and corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to minimize taxes. one board member quoted what the ceo of exxon once said: “i’m not a u.s. company and i don’t make decisions based on what’s good for the u.s.” what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?

Which analyst position analyzes information using mathematical models to business managers make decisions? -budget analyst -management analyst -credit analyst -operations research analyst

Select the correct answer. ramon applied to the state university in the city where he lives, but he was denied admission. what should he do now? a.change his mind about graduating and drop out of high school so he can start working right away. b. decide not to go to college, because he didn’t have a backup plan. c.stay positive and write a mean letter to let the college know that they made a bad decision. d. learn from this opportunity, reevaluate his options, and apply to his second and third choices.