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If a $1,000 face value zero coupon bond has a maturity of 8 years and a yield-to-maturity of 9%, what is the current price of this bond?

What unit of measure is most commonly used on English drawings?

A denotes an

What does yield to maturity represent for a bond?

Compute  det(A) for the matrix   

_____ are most commonly used on metric drawings.

Humanex, a non-profit organization, puts 40% of its investment in Cisco and the rest in Merck. The expected return of Cisco is 8% and the expected return of Merck is 2%. What is the expected return of Humanex’ portfolio?

Find the  coordinate vector   of x relative to the given basis

Fund A has a mean return of 8.0% with variance of 0.049. Its beta is 1.22.  The risk-free rate is 2.0%. What is the Sharpe measure of A’s performance?

A U.S. investor purchased a Canadian security for 90 Canadian dollars per share, when the exchange rate was US $0.80/ Canadian dollar. He later sold the security for 100 Canadian dollars per share and the exchange rate had changed to US$0.90/ Canadian dollar. What was the holding period return for the U.S. investor?