1.)Discuss how financial options and their valuation techniques play key roles i
1.)Discuss how financial options and their valuation techniques play key roles in risk management. Provide support for your answer.
2.)Distinguish between beta (i.e., market) risk, within-firm (i.e., corporate) risk, and stand-alone risk for a potential project. Of the three measures, which is theoretically the most relevant, and why?
3.)Cash flows, rather than accounting profits, are used in project analysis. What is the basis for this emphasis on cash flows as opposed to net income?
4.)Create an argument on whether the yield rate or the forward interest rate has a greater impact on interest rates in the United States. Analyze the current economic forecasts by the Federal Reserve, economists, and financial experts.
5.)Determine the most significant monetary policy that the Federal Reserve Bank has been responsible for implementing in the past 12 months and the resulting impact on the U.S. economy. Analyze how the U.S. monetary policy affects the global economy.
6.)Watch the FOMC: Press Conference on December 14, 2016
Analyze how much monetary policy affects the bond market and determine if you are in agreement with this strategy.
How are monetary policy, the bond market, and inflation related?
7.)Create an argument related to mortgage-backed securities (MBS) that either supports or does not support that the benefits outweigh the costs.
In what ways is the trading of MBS similar and different from the trading of corporate bonds?
8.)Briefly explain the securitization process and include at least one reason why a bank would consider using this.
9.)Briefly compare and contrast a collateralized mortgage obligation with a collateralized debt obligation.
10.)Provide at least two reasons why the blame for the credit crisis is a challenge to assign to one particular group alone.
11.)Provide at least one reason why the government felt compelled to pass the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). What is your conclusion regarding the effectiveness of this?
12.)Briefly identify one key component of the Financial Reform Act and why you think it may or may not be effective.
13.)Identify two reasons why an investor would prefer common stock to preferred stock.
14.)What is book building and does it benefit investors or the issuing corporation, in your opinion?
15.) What benefit do investors realize as a result of an extended trading session? What might be a downside to using this session?
16.) You are a fund manager and are dissatisfied with one of the companies in your portfolio. You have decided shareholder activism is an appropriate strategy. Select one approach from the material to use and briefly note why you selected it.
17.)Chatter Corporation issued the following quarterly dividends last year: $0.15, $0.17, $0.20, and $0.25. The current stock price is $24.59. What is the dividend yield for this stock using this information?
Please provide one citation or reference for your work. Please do not use Investopedia or Wikipedia