In: Statistics and Probability
Provide your answers in the space provided.
Any quantitative questions require showing your work for full credit.
Round all $ problems to the nearest cent.
All other calculations must be to at least the fifth decimal place.
Given the following information: (all numbers are in millions)
Variable rate CD’s = $90 Treasury bills = $150
Discount Loans = $20 Treasury notes = $100
Fixed rate CDs =$160 Money Market deposit accts. = $140
Savings deposits =$90 Fed Funds borrowing = $40
Variable rate mortgage loans = $140 Demand Deposits = $40
Primary Reserves = $50 Fixed rate loans =$210
Fed Funds Lending = $50 Equity Capital = $120
A. Develop a balance sheet from the above data. Be sure to divide your balance sheet into rate-sensitive assets and liabilities as
we did in class and in the examples.
B. Perform a Standard Gap Analysis and a Duration Analysis using the above data if you have a 1.15% decrease in interest rates
and an average duration of assets of 5.4 years and an average duration of liabilities of 3.8 years.
C. Indicate if this bank will remain solvent after the valuation changes. If so, indicate the new level of equity capital after the
valuation changes. If not, indicate the amount of the shortage in equity capital.
In: Economics
You will be paying $10,800 a year in tuition expenses at the end
of the next two years. Bonds currently yield 9%.
a. What is the present value and duration of your obligation? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round "Present value" to 2 decimal places and "Duration" to 4 decimal places.)
| Present value | $ | |
| Duration | years | |
b. What is the duration of a zero-coupon bond that would immunize your obligation and its future redemption value? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round "Duration" to 4 decimal places and "Future redemption value" to 2 decimal places.)
| Duration | years | |
| Future redemption value | $ | |
You buy a zero-coupon bond with value and duration equal to your obligation.
c-1. Now suppose that rates immediately increase
to 10%. What happens to your net position, that is, to the
difference between the value of the bond and that of your tuition
obligation? (Enter your answer as a positive value. Do not
round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal
places.)
Net position changes by $
c-2. What if rates fall to 8%? (Enter your answer as a positive value. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Net position changes by
$
In: Finance
Exercise 4:
Consider an Australian financial institution which has Swiss Franc denominated assets worth 50 million CHF and USD denominated liabilities worth 1 million USD. The past exchange rates in over the past 10 months are:
a) Measure the exposure: Calculate the value of the position in AUD.
b) Measure the sensitivity: Calculate the change (in AUD) in the CHF position for a 1% increase in the value of the Swiss Franc. Calculate the change (in AUD) in the USD position for a 1% increase in the value of the USD.
c) Calculate the past changes in the exchange rate in %.
d) Re-evaluate the portfolio position with the past changes in the
exchange rate. e) Calculate the Value at Risk for the next month
and α = 10%
f) Calculate the Value at Risk for the next month and α = 20%
|
Month |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
|
Swiss exchange rate (AUD x)/ CHF |
1.25 |
1.20 |
1.23 |
1.28 |
1.31 |
1.24 |
|
US exchange rate (AUD x)/ USD |
1.38 |
1.40 |
1.46 |
1.53 |
1.47 |
1.47 |
|
Month |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 (today) |
|
Swiss exchange rate (AUD x)/ CHF |
1.18 |
1.08 |
1.21 |
1.27 |
1.32 |
|
US exchange rate (AUD x)/ USD |
1.40 |
1.32 |
1.39 |
1.31 |
1.27 |
In: Finance
A new drug called Xaelenfal is on the market. Xaelenfal is an
AMPA receptor antagonist, meaning that it binds onto AMPA receptors
without activating them and prevents glutamate from binding.
i. If I take the drug Xaelenfal, how will this effect EPSPs
recorded in the postsynaptic neuron when an excitatory presynaptic
neuron fires an action potential? (1 point)
ii. How will the drug Xaelenfal effect IPSPs in the postsynaptic
neuron when an inhibitory presynaptic neuron fires an action
potential? (1 point)
iii. In a normal brain, synapses can get stronger when a
presynaptic cell repeatedly causes a postsynaptic cell to
depolarize (we call this long-term potentiation, or LTP). Explain
how long term potentiation works including the following details.
(3 points)
- Name the neurotransmitter that is released by the presynaptic
cell.
- Name the receptor that this neurotransmitter binds to on the
postsynaptic cell to mediate normal excitatory transmission.
- What other receptors are involved and how do they get
recruited?
- List one way in which the presynaptic neuron changes and one way
in which the postsynaptic neuron changes during LTP.
iv. Given what you know about plasticity, could Xaelenfal effect
the ability of synapses to potentiate. Explain your answer. (2
points)
In: Anatomy and Physiology
You will be paying $10,500 a year in tuition expenses at the end of the next two years. Bonds currently yield 8%. a. What is the present value and duration of your obligation? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round "Present value" to 2 decimal places and "Duration" to 4 decimal places.) Present value $ Duration years b. What is the duration of a zero-coupon bond that would immunize your obligation and its future redemption value? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round "Duration" to 4 decimal places and "Future redemption value" to 2 decimal places.) Duration years Future redemption value $ You buy a zero-coupon bond with value and duration equal to your obligation. c-1. Now suppose that rates immediately increase to 9%. What happens to your net position, that is, to the difference between the value of the bond and that of your tuition obligation? (Enter your answer as a positive value. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Net position changes by $ c-2. What if rates fall to 7%? (Enter your answer as a positive value. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Net position changes by $
In: Finance
Multiple Choice
In: Accounting
What does Kohl’s 2015
10-K communicate about its stockholders’ equity?
Kohl’s Corporation (KSS) operates department stores in 49 states in
the U.S. and has annual sales in excess of $18 billion. Its fiscal
year ends on the Saturday closest to January 31 each year. Kohl’s
has several line items comprising its stockholder’s equity. See the
experts to follow from Kohl’s 2015 Form 10-K: its Consolidated
Balance Sheets, an enlarged partial Consolidated Balance Sheet
(page F-3), its Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’
Equity (page F-5), and a section from its Notes to Financial
Statements (page F-8).
In: Accounting
1.Potatoes are available in the United States and in Mexico. Income has risen by 10 percent in each country. The demand for potatoes has increased by 2 percent in the United States and by 17 percent in Mexico. What can be concluded?
A. Potatoes are normal goods in both countrie
B. Potatoes are normal goods in the United States but inferior goods in Mexico.
C. Potatoes are inferior goods in the United States but normal goods in Mexico.
D. Potatoes are inferior goods in both countries.
2.Beer and pretzels are complements. There is a decrease in the supply of beer. What would we expect to see?
A. An increase in the price of beer and an increase in the demand for pretzels
B. An increase in the price of beer and a decrease in the demand for pretzels
C. A decrease in the price of beer and an increase in the demand for pretzels
D. A decrease in the price of beer and a decrease in the demand for pretzels
3.Which of the following is true of the movement along a demand curve?
A. Changes in price on quantity demanded do not take the form of a movement along the demand curve
B. The effect of a change in price on quantity demanded takes the form of a movement along the demand curve.
C. The shift of any “other” variables does not constitute movement along a demand curve.
D. Changes in income do not take the form of a movement along the demand curve
In: Economics
You will be paying $10,200 a year in tuition expenses at the end of the next two years. Bonds currently yield 9%. a. What is the present value and duration of your obligation? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round "Present value" to 2 decimal places and "Duration" to 4 decimal places.) Present value $ Duration years b. What is the duration of a zero-coupon bond that would immunize your obligation and its future redemption value? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round "Duration" to 4 decimal places and "Future redemption value" to 2 decimal places.) Duration years Future redemption value $ You buy a zero-coupon bond with value and duration equal to your obligation. c-1. Now suppose that rates immediately increase to 10%. What happens to your net position, that is, to the difference between the value of the bond and that of your tuition obligation? (Enter your answer as a positive value. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Net position changes by $ c-2. What if rates fall to 8%? (Enter your answer as a positive value. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Net position changes by $
In: Finance