For Each of the Following Assets,discuss All of the Essential

question 8

Essay

For each of the following assets,discuss all of the essential aspects of return,risk,and other factors,such as marketability,that investors should consider before the asset:
a. three-month T-bills
b. a 20-year, 8% coupon corporate bond selling for 65 (don't calculate the yield to maturity)
c. municipal bonds
d. a house in the suburbs
e. a 20-year, 15% mortgage on a house in the suburbs (i.e, you would be the lender)
f. U.S. Treasury 10 5/8s of 2015

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Definitions:

Desacralized

The process of removing the sacred or holy status from an object, place, or concept, making it secular or non-religious.

Profane Objects

Items that are considered to be secular, non-religious, or not sacred, often in contrast to objects deemed as holy or spiritual.

Binary Opposition

A concept in structuralism that describes a pair of theoretical opposites or thematic contrasts fundamental to human thought and language.

Sacred

is described as something regarded with great respect and reverence, often associated with divinity or religious piety.