1. Distinguish between annual percentage rate and effective annual rate and how each is used in financial decision making.
2. calculate the price change for a 1-percent decrease in market yield for the following bond: par = $1000; coupon rate = 6 percent, paid semi-annually; market yield = 6 percent; term to maturity = 10 years
3. A stock had returns of 15 percent, 8 percent, 12 percent, -15 percent, and -4 percent for the past five years. Based on these returns, what is the approximate probability that this stock will return at least 20 percent in any one given year?