Weismann Co. issued 17-year bonds a year ago at a coupon rate of 11 percent. The bonds make semiannual payments and have a par value of $1,000. If the YTM on these bonds is 8 percent, what is the current bond price? Multiple Choice • $586.82 • $1,278.10 • $1,718.94 • $1,268.10 • $1,187.49

Hall Company sells merchandise with a one-year warranty. In the current year, sales consisted of 4,500 units. It is estimated that warranty repairs will average $10 per unit sold, and 30% of the repairs will be made in the current year and 70% in the next year. In the current year's income statement, Hall should show warranty expense of

• $13,500
• $31,500
• $0
• $45,000

The half-year LIBOR rate is 3.5% and the one-year LIBOR rate is 6%. Suppose that some time ago a company entered into an FRA where it will receive 5.8% and pay LIBOR on a principal of $1 million for the period between time 0.5 years and time 1 year in the future (with semiannual compounding). The one-year risk-free rate is 4%. What is the value of the FRA? All rates are compounded continuously unless specified.

Formula for Problem

W1 in year 1; W2 in year 2 only to those retained W1 < W2

• Value of E-types applying = W1 + q•W2 + (1–q)•WE

• Alternative for E-types = 2•WE

• Value of D-types applying = W1 + (1-q)•W2 + q•WD

• Alternative for D-types = 2•WD

1. Lorne Roberts Corp. has invested a lot of money in their employee screening process over the last few years for computer technicians. This company can assess whether to promote employees on probation accurately 90% of the time. But 10% of the time the company still inaccurately assesses employees on probation by terminating an employee who fits successfully in the job or promoting an employee who does not fit well in the job.

The WD for computer technicians is $30,000 per year. The WE for this position is $40,000.

Lorne Roberts Corp. is considering which W1 and W2 will encourage E’s to apply while discouraging D’s from applying. Out of the three options below, which is the best salary structure for the first two years:

A) W1 = $30,000; W2 = $42,000

B) W1 = $40,000; W2 = $52,000

C) W1 = $24,000; W2 = $59,000

An investment offers $3,527 per year for 18 years, with the first payment occurring 1 year from now. If the required return is 4 percent, what is the value of the investment?

"You earned a 14.25% return on an investment last year. Inflation was 1.25% last year. According to the Fisher Equation, what was your real return last year?"