Calculate Answers to the Following Questions Using Future Value And/or

question 97

Essay

Calculate answers to the following questions using future value and/or present value tables.
a. If an accumulation of $1,000 is desired at the end of four years, what bank deposit must be made now to accomplish that goal, assuming 10 percent interest compounded annually?
b. A deposit of $600 made at the end of every six months for five years would grow to what amount, assuming 8 percent interest compounded semiannually.

Understand the concept of bond duration and its calculation.

Calculate the change in bond prices given duration and a change in yield.

Distinguish between Macaulay duration and modified duration.

Understand and apply the concept of convexity in bond pricing.

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