Suppose a​ ten-year,

$1,000

bond with an

8.5%

coupon rate and semiannual coupons is trading for

$1,034.79.

a. What is the​ bond's yield to maturity​ (expressed as an APR with semiannual​ compounding)?

b. If the​ bond's yield to maturity changes to

9.4%

​APR, what will be the​ bond's price?

Imagine you are an advisor to your government and that your economy faces a problem of declining terms of trade for its exports. Discuss the possible policy changes for the economy and any other strategies you would recommend to avoid declining terms of trade in the future.

1) What balance sheet accounts explain the most significant changes in working capital?

2) What can you infer from the working capital analysis?

3) Explain what you can infer from the common size analysis:

4 (a) Derive a relation for the oxygen pressure dependence of electrical conductivity in NiO.

      (b) Discuss the effects of Cr₂O₃ additions on the electrical conductivity of NiO, giving equations describing the temperature at which the conductivity changes from intrinsic to extrinsic in relation to the impurity concentration.  

How does the computational time changes when we decrease the k in k-fold cross validation? Why? Explain.

b. In which procedures, we can apply k-fold cross validation. Consider all the procedures that we learned.

4) The demographics of the work force has changed. Discuss the impact of women joining the workforce (changes in education, maternity and traditional role of woman from stay home parent to two income households). What are the positives and negatives of undocumented workers on the economy?

There are three broad categories of financial ratios: liquidity, solvency, and profitability. Discuss what each category reveals about the company being analyzed. Give examples of ratios that are affected by inventory, and discuss changes a manager might make to improve the financial ratio.

Principles of Finance II WEEK 4: Discussion Prompt #2 Discuss the credit selection process and the quantitative procedure for evaluating changes in credit standards. For your response, include a financial institution's actual credit selection criteria that should be posted on their website.