According to Segmented Markets Theory, If Investors Have Mostly Long-Term

question 62

Multiple Choice

According to segmented markets theory, if investors have mostly long-term funds available and borrowers want short-term funds, this will place ____ pressure on the demand for short-term funds by borrowers and the yield curve will be ____ sloping.

• A)upward; downward
• B)downward; upward
• C)upward; upward
• D)downward; downward

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Definitions:

Default Risk Premiums

Additional returns that investors demand for taking the risk that the bond issuer might default on its payment obligations.

Treasury Bond

A long-term, fixed-interest U.S. government debt security with a maturity of more than ten years.

Yield

Yield is the income return on an investment, expressed as a percentage of the investment’s cost or current market value, commonly used for bonds and dividend-paying stocks.

Zero-Coupon Bonds

Bonds that don’t make periodic interest payments but are issued at a discount to their face value and redeemable for the face amount at maturity.