Question 1

Suppose you are considering buying one of two coupon bonds. Bond A has a current market price of $975 and a face value of $1000. Bond B has a current market price of $1025 and a face value of $1000. Is Bond A the better investment?

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Question 2

Winners of state lotteries are often given the choice of receiving their winnings either as one lump sum or as annual payments spread out over a period of twenty or more years. For example, a state lottery winner may be given the choice of receiving $1.2 million at once, or $125,000 per year for twenty years. In states where it is allowed, investors will sometimes approach lottery winners and offer to pay them a lump sum greater than the state is offering them (in this case, say, $1.4 million) in exchange for the lottery winner signing over to the investor the right to receive the annual payments. Under what circumstances might this be a good deal for both the lottery winner and the investor?

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Question 3

During the late nineteenth century many farmers in the American Midwest complained that the real interest rates they were paying on their mortgages were higher than the nominal rates. Is this possible? Aren't real rates always lower than nominal rates?

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Quiz 4: Interest Rates and Rates of Return

Suppose you are considering buying one of two coupon bonds. Bond A has a current market price of $975 and a face value of $1000. Bond B has a current market price of $1025 and a face value of $1000. Is Bond A the better investment?

During the late nineteenth century many farmers in the American Midwest complained that the real interest rates they were paying on their mortgages were higher than the nominal rates. Is this possible? Aren't real rates always lower than nominal rates?