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- Select a company with long term bonds outstanding. There are many examples in the textbook. Locate and analyze a current quotation for that bond. Use figure 10.2 in the textbook as a guide. Compare the current price with the par value. Explain at least one (1) reason for the difference.
- 1. Why do corporations employ investment bankers?
- 2. Identify the primary market functions of investment bankers.
- 3. Discuss how investment bankers assume risk in the process of marketing securities of corporations. How do investment bankers try to minimize these risks?
- 4. Briefly describe the process of competitive bidding and discuss its relative advantages and disadvantages.
- 5. Explain market stabilization.
- 6. Identify the costs associated with going public.
- 7. Briefly describe how investment banking is regulated.
- 8. Describe the inroads into investment banking being made by commercial banks.
- 9. In 2003, several investment banking firms were fined $1.4 billion for ethics abuses related to the underwriting process. Will this be a deterrent for ethical lapses?
- 10. What are some of the characteristics of an organized securities exchange?
