Setup: you observe the following market prices and rates: a 1 year bond with a coupon of 4% is trading at a yield of 5% a 2 year bond with a coupon of 5% is trading at a yield of 6% (a): find the prices for both bonds assuming the coupons and yields use annual compounding. (b): using only the prices you found in (a), determine the price of a 2-year zero coupon bond. (c): find the spot rate curve (i. e. the 1y and 2y points) using continuous compounding. (d): find the forward rate between years 1 and 2 using continuous compounding.

List three careers that require knowledge of science. list three careers that require the use of of math. list three careers that require the use of foreign language. list three careers that require the use of good writing skills. list three careers that require the use of good computer skills.

Jamie is saving for a trip to europe. she has an existing savings account that earns 3 percent annual interest and has a current balance of $4,200. jamie doesn’t want to use her current savings for vacation, so she decides to borrow the $1,600 she needs for travel expenses. she will repay the loan in exactly one year. the annual interest rate is 6 percent. a. if jamie were to withdraw the $1,600 from her savings account to finance the trip, how much interest would she forgo? .b. if jamie borrows the $1,600 how much will she pay in interest? c. how much does the trip cost her if she borrows rather than dip into her savings?

Consider a firm with a contract to sell an asset for $149,000 four years from now. the asset costs $85,000 to produce today. a. given a relevant discount rate of 14 percent per year, calculate the profit the firm will make on this asset. (a loss should be indicated by a minus sign. do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. at what rate does the firm just break even?