From Question 8, if an investor believes that the short-term interest rate one year from now is 1.8% and has the following two options:  Option A: 1 2-year investment, one investment with a maturity of two years Option B: 2 1-year investments, two investments with a maturity of one year Which option is better?  Explain.  

Discuss one similarity and one difference between a banker’s acceptance and a negotiable certificate of deposit. 

A resident of Mississippi who is in a 30% tax bracket is provided with the rate of return on the following two investments: 30-year AA corporate bond = 6% 30-year AA bond issued by Oktibbeha County in the state of Mississippi = 5% Which investment is better?  Explain. 

From Question 8, if an investor believes that the short-term interest rate one year from now is 1.8% and has the following two options:  Option A: 1 2-year investment, one investment with a maturity of two years Option B: 2 1-year investments, two investments with a maturity of one year Which option is better?  Explain.  

A resident of Mississippi who is in a 30% tax bracket is provided with the rate of return on the following two investments: 30-year AA corporate bond = 6% 30-year AA bond issued by Oktibbeha County in the state of Mississippi = 5% Which investment is better?  Explain. 

What is a convertible bond?  Why is a convertible bond good for the lender? 

What is a convertible bond?  Why is a convertible bond good for the lender? 

Given the following interest rates: tR1 = 1.1% = 0.011 tR2 = 1.4% = 0.014 tR3 = 1.9% = 0.019 tR4 = 2.4% = 0.024 a.  Calculate the short-term interest rate one year from now. b.  Calculate the short-term interest rate two years from now. c.  What is the interest rate on a three-year investment? 

A sample of adults were randomly selected for a study on the relationship between annual income and having a credit card. Let the predictor be the annual income and the response be proportion of people having at least on card for the given level of income. Comment on each of the following diagnosis plots and explain a. which assumption can be checked by looking at the given plot, and b. whether or not the assumption is met. QQ plot  a. What  assumption can be checked by looking at the given plot? b. Is the assumption met? Type Y (for yes) or N (for no)

A large, national grocery retailer tracks productivity and costs of its facilities closely. Data were obtained from a single distribution center for a one-year period. Each data point for each variable represents one week of activity. The variables included are the number of cases shipped (X1), the indirect costs of the total labor hours as a percentage (X2), a qualitative regressor called holiday that is coded 1 if the week has a holiday and 0 otherwise (X3), and the total labor hours (Y). Use the R output below to answer the following questions.  Interpret what the coefficient of 623.55 for the binary variable X3 means in predicting the response variable. Write a complete sentence.