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Chapter 2 Financial Securities Financial assets can be classified as ______________________ market securities ______________________ market securities _____________________ securities Classes of Financial Assets Money market securities are sometimes referred to as ____________ equivalents.
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Chapter 2 Financial Securities
Financial assets can be classified as • ______________________ market securities • ______________________ market securities • _____________________ securities Classes of Financial Assets
Money market securities are sometimes referred to as ____________ equivalents. • Examples of money market securities: Classes of Financial Assets
Capital market securities include: • Debt (bonds) • Equity • Common stock • Preferred stock • Bonds and preferred stock are referred to as fixed income securities Classes of Financial Assets
Derivative securities • Options • Futures Classes of Financial Assets
Bond Market • US Treasury Bonds and Notes • Agency Issues (Fed Gov) • Municipal Bonds • Corporate Bonds • Mortgage-Backed Securities Classes of Financial Assets
Treasury Notes and Bonds • Notes: maturities up to ________ years • Bonds: maturities in excess of ________ years • 30-yr T-bond • 2001, Treasury suspended sales • Sales resumed in 2006 • Par value: $1,000 • Quotes: % of par Classes of Financial Assets
Major issuers • Federal Home Loan Bank • Federal National Mortgage Association • Government National Mortgage Association • Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Federal Agency Debt
Issued by state and local governments • Types • General obligation bonds • Revenue bonds • Maturities – range up to 30 years Municipal Bonds
The interest rate on munis is lower than the interest rate on comparable taxable bonds. Why? Municipal Bond Yields
Issued by private firms • Semi-annual interest payments • Subject to higher _________________ risk than Treasury securities • Options in corporate bonds • callable (most) • Convertible (some) Corporate Bonds
Developed in the 1970s to help liquidity of financial institutions • Proportional ownership of a pool or obligation secured by a pool • Market has experienced very high rates of growth • Recent problems in the ______________ market Mortgages and Mortgage-backed Securities
Common stock • Residual claim • Limited liability • Preferred stock • Fixed dividends • Priority over common stock • Tax treatment Capital Market - Equity
Measure of ______________ performance • ________________________ to evaluate investment performance • Base of derivatives Uses of Stock Indexes
Representative? • Broad or narrow? • How is it weighted? Factors for Construction of Stock Indexes
Dow Jones Industrial Average (30 Stocks) • Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite • NASDAQ Composite • NYSE Composite • Wilshire 5000 Examples of U.S. Stock Indexes
How are stocks weighted? • Price weighted (DJIA) • Market-value weighted (S&P500, NASDAQ) • Equally weighted (Value Line Index) Construction of Indexes