Financial Management & Institutions Homework 7 Questions

3 Discussion Board Questions 50-100 words each

1. Go to www.cnbc.com and explore the video tab by using several different key terms such as stock pricing, stock valuation, and bond prices. Watch at least two videos you find. List the videos you viewed, and provide a summary of the type of information that the video contained and how it relates to the models, variables and the process of valuation. How can you apply valuation techniques to your personal investment strategy if you have money to invest?

2. Go to www.cnbc.com and explore the video tab using the key term diversification. As you learned in this unit, there are various sources of information. Watch at least three videos you find, list the videos you viewed, and provide a summary of the type of information that the video contained and how it relates to this unit. Suppose you win the lottery. What would you do if you decided to invest the money in the market? How would you diversify your portfolio and why?

3. Discuss how the United States exchange rate would react to the nominal rates, and the real interest rate. Share with your classmates the past examples.

4 Assessment Questions 200 words each

1. What are the characteristics of a mortgage that affect the interest rates, and the characteristics that affect the loan terms?

2. What is a mortgage? Provide the history of mortgages before and after the Great Depression

3. What are the factors that change the exchange rate?

4. If we are comparing the U.S. dollar to the euro, and the euro increased in value from $1.35 to $1.45, what happened to the two currencies? Show the appreciation or depreciation rate for each currency. (Show all work/calculations/formulas.) If we are comparing the U.S. dollar to the yen, and the yen decreased in value from $.99 cents to $.90 cents, what happened to the two currencies? Show the appreciation or depreciation rate for each currency. (Show all work/calculations/formulas.)