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Mini-Case #3
Capital Markets, Comparing Weighted Average Returns Versus Money Markets
CONCEPTS IN THIS CASE:
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In Chapter 9 you invested your inheritance in the money market for one year; you are now prepared to make a commitment to longer-term instruments. To make the best-informed decision, you have started to study the capital markets alternatives in the United States.
You begin your analysis by defining the following terms (include risk and return factors where appropriate):
Capital markets
NYSE
AMEX
OTC
NASDAQ
Bonds
Stocks
Mortgages
Strips
Agency bonds
Municipal bonds
Corporate bonds
Call and sinking fund provisions
Junk bonds
Common stock
Preferred stock
Investment bankers and underwriting
General obligation municipal bonds
Revenue bonds
Your inheritance has grown to $1.2 million, and you are prepared to make long-term investment decisions. After considering the alternatives in the capital markets, you decide to divide the funds equally among the following financial instruments: U.S. Treasury notes (2-year maturity), U.S. Treasury bonds (20-year maturity), Ginnie Mae (10-year maturity), municipal bonds from your state (10-year maturity), corporate bonds from your company (nonconvertible 20-year maturity), junk bonds (10-year maturity), common stock, and preferred stock. You obtain one-year returns with beginning prices and rates from the first business day of the calendar year, and all ending prices and rates from the last business day of the calendar year, using library resources, the Internet, or other databases. (If you use the Internet, good sites for Treasury bills, notes and bonds are: www.fedstats.gov, www.federalreserve.gov, www.fiscal.treasury.gov/, andwww.ny.frb.org. Good web sites for information on stocks are: money.cnn.com, www.smartmoney.com, www.amex.com, and www.morningstar.com.)
What is the return on the U.S. Treasury notes?
What is the return on the U.S. Treasury bonds?
What is the return on the Ginnie Mae bonds?
What is the return on the municipal bonds?
What is the return on the corporate bonds?
What is the return on the junk bonds?
What is the return on the common stock?
What is the return on the preferred stock?
What is the weighted-average return for the capital market portfolio?
How does this weighted average return compare to the money market portfolio in Chapter 9?
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