The Price of a Financial Asset Should Equal the

question 68

Multiple Choice

The price of a financial asset should equal the

• A) present value of the payments to be received from owning the asset.
• B) future value of the payments to be received from owning the asset.
• C) face value of the asset less the future payments to be received from owning the asset.
• D) coupon value of the asset divided by the effective interest rate at the time the asset was purchased.

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