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XYZ stock price and dividend history are as follows:   Year Beginning-of-Year Price Dividend Paid at Year-End...

XYZ stock price and dividend history are as follows:
  Year Beginning-of-Year Price Dividend Paid at Year-End
  2010 $ 124                 $ 4                    
  2011 $ 135                 $ 4                    
  2012 $ 115                 $ 4                    
  2013 $ 120                 $ 4           

An investor buys six shares of XYZ at the beginning of 2010, buys another two shares at the beginning of 2011, sells one share at the beginning of 2012, and sells all seven remaining shares at the beginning of 2013.

What are the geometric average time-weighted rates of return for the investor?

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XYZ stock price and dividend history are as follows:   Year Beginning-of-Year Price Dividend Paid at Year-End...

XYZ stock price and dividend history are as follows:
  Year Beginning-of-Year Price Dividend Paid at Year-End
  2010 $ 124                 $ 4                    
  2011 $ 135                 $ 4                    
  2012 $ 115                 $ 4                    
  2013 $ 120                 $ 4                    

An investor buys six shares of XYZ at the beginning of 2010, buys another two shares at the beginning of 2011, sells one share at the beginning of 2012, and sells all seven remaining shares at the beginning of 2013.

To compute dollar-weighted return, prepare a chart of cash flows for the four dates corresponding to the turns of the year for January 1, 2010, to January 1, 2013. (Enter your answer as an integer. Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign.)

Date      Cash Flow (for the investor)
1/1/2013 ?

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Black-Scholes-Merton model: Using a spot price of $96 and strike price of $98, a risk-free rate...

Black-Scholes-Merton model:

Using a spot price of $96 and strike price of $98, a risk-free rate of return of 6% and the fact that the volatility of the share price is 18%, answer following questions:

  1. What is the price of an eight-month European call? [1 mark]
  2. What is the price of an eight-month American call? [1 mark]
  3. What is the price of an eight-month European put? [1 mark]
  4. How would your result from k. change if a dividend of $1 is expected in three months? How would your result from k. change if a dividend of $1 is expected in ten months? [2 marks]

Note for calculations with the BSM model: Keep four decimal points for d1 and d2. Use the Table for N(x) with interpolation in calculating N(d1) and N(d2).

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Please list and discuss in detail the six forces that determine whether a Demand curve is price elastic, or price inelastic.

Please list and discuss in detail the six forces that determine whether a Demand curve is price elastic, or price inelastic. What does it mean for a Demand curve to be price elastic, exactly? What happens when the sellers raise the price of a product by ten percent on a demand curve that is price elastic?
 

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A single price monopoly charges: Question 1 options: every customer the exact same price. single people...

A single price monopoly charges:

Question 1 options:

every customer the exact same price.

single people less than married people.

a different price to each and every customer.

Which of the following is true about monopoly?

Question 2 options:

there are many firms in the market.

there are no close substitutes for the monopolists' good/service.

there is free entry/exit in the short and long-run.

there are no barriers to entry, in the long-run.

What does a single price monopoly have to do to increase its quantity sold?

Question 3 options:

lower its price.

keep its price exactly the same.

raise its price.

A monopolist can sell 10 units at $4 per unit, or 11 units at $3 per unit. The marginal revenue of the 11th unit is:

Question 4 options:

$7

$4

-$7

$3

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u(x1, x2) = min {x1/2, x2/3} if the price of good 1 is $7/unit, the price...

u(x1, x2) = min {x1/2, x2/3}

if the price of good 1 is $7/unit, the price of good 2 is $4/unit and income is 114..

What is this person's optimal consumption level for good 2?

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When the price is $2, the quantity demanded is 10. When the price rises to $8, the quantity demanded falls to 2.

When the price is $2, the quantity demanded is 10. When the price rises to $8, the quantity demanded falls to 2. What is the value of the elasticity of demand? Is it elastic or inelastic?

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Suppose Bethany buys both CDs and video games. The price of a CD is $15 and the price of a video game is $30.


Suppose Bethany buys both CDs and video games. The price of a CD is $15 and the price of a video game is $30. Suppose that given Bethany’s planned expenditures, she receives 900 utils from her last planned purchase of CDs and 1,200 utils from her last planned purchase of video games. Is she at the optimal combination of CDs and video games? Explain. If not, explain how she should alter her consumption bundle. (Hint: use Marginal utilities and prices in your answer). Also, graph a utility curve and budget line that might describe the situation in this problem. Explain graph.


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If the price elasticity of demand for cigarettes is –0.50 and the price of cigarettes increases 10%, the quantity demanded of cigarettes decreases by 50%.

True or False?

If the price elasticity of demand for cigarettes is –0.50 and the price of cigarettes increases 10%, the quantity demanded of cigarettes decreases by 50%.

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1) Demand pull inflation occurs when the: price of necessity goods increases suddenly. price level changes...

1) Demand pull inflation occurs when the:

  • price of necessity goods increases suddenly.

  • price level changes in response to changes in the business cycle.

  • business cycle becomes sporadic and unpredictable.

  • price of a key input increases suddenly.

2) While the __________ is not important, the _________ can have a big effect on economic behavior.

  • price level; predictable change in the price level

  • predictable change in the price level; price level

  • price level; unpredicted change in the price level

  • unpredicted change in the price level; price level

3) When real rates of interest are negative, borrowers:

  • benefit, because the value of their debt increases.

  • suffer, because the value of their debt increases.

  • suffer, because the value of their debt declines.

  • benefit, because the value of their debt declines.

4) Unexpected high inflation redistributes wealth from:

  • those who save to those who borrow.

  • banks to those who save.

  • those who borrow to those who save.

  • those who borrow to banks.

5) When banks hold excess reserves the:

  • money multiplier underestimates how much money will be created in the economy.

  • money multiplier overestimates how much money will be created in the economy.

  • reserve ratio is not fully functioning, and should be raised.

  • reserve ratio is not fully functioning, and should be lowered.

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