What types of stocks, industries, or sectors should an investor focus on during a bear market?
You own a fixed-income asset with duration of five years. If the level of interest rates, which is currently 6%, goes down by 10 basis points to 5.9%, how much do you expect the price of the asset to go up (in percentage terms)?
A newly issued bond with face value of $1000 pays its coupons once a year. Its coupon rate is 6%, it matures is 20 years, and its yield to maturity is 10%. Find the holding-period return for a one-year investment period if the bond is selling at a yield to maturity of 7% by the end of the year.