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Why is a AAA rated corporate bond yield curve lower than the BBB corporate bond yield curve?

If you expect inflation to be 5.25% over the coming year and you demand a real return of 3.5%, what ex-ante nominal risk free return will you demand?  Round answer to 4 significant decimals in % format.

What is the current target range for the federal funds interest rate?

If you were expecting a 6% inflation rate and demanded a 2.0 % positive real return for the year, your ex-ante desired nominal rate would be 8.12%.  If, at the end of the year, actual inflation was 12%, what would your ex-post real return be? Round to 4 significant decimals.

Normally, we say that everything else held constant, the yield curve is generally ____ because of the additional risk associated with longer maturities and the positive relationship between risk and return.

In times of no inflation, fiat money can serve as a store of value over time.

Which financial market function involves the use of scarce capital?

Which of the following involves simultaneously buying and selling the same asset in two different markets at two different prices to exploit pricing inefficiencies across markets and earn riskless profits?

Which of the following involves the attempt to profit over the short term from fluctuating prices?

Which of the following involves taking an opposite position from an existing risky position so the two cancel out and you lower your overall risk?