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1. In prima- True
ry markets,
users of funds
(e.g., corpora-
tions and gov-
ernments) raise
funds
by issuing finan-
cial instruments
(e.g., stocks and
bonds).
2. In capital mar- False, capital markets involve securities of more than one year.
kets, debt securi-
ties with maturi-
ties of one year or
less are traded.
3. The main pur- True
pose of the de-
rivatives markets
is to transfer risk
between market
participants.
4. The followings Decrease Liqudity
are about how
financial institu-
tions benefit sup-
plier of funds.
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Which
is NOT true?
5. loans in the Originate & Sell
mortgage mar-
kets were possi-
ble causes of the
financial
crisis of
2007-2008.
6. Nominal interest True
rates are actual-
ly observed in fi-
nancial markets.
7. An investor True
earned a 3 per-
cent nominal in-
terest rate over
the year. Howev-
er, over
the same year, in-
flation increased
by 1 percent. The
investor's real in-
terest rate was
less
than his nomi-
nal rate of return
over the year.
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8. The yield curve False
must be upward
sloping and can-
not be inverted
or flat.
9. Which is NOT one Shapes of personal utility functions
of the determi-
nants of interest
rates for individ-
ual bond securi-
ties?
10. views long-term Unbiased expectations theory
interest rates as
geometric aver-
ages of current
and
expected future
short-term inter-
est rates.
11. Realized rate of False
return is used by
individual mar-
ket participants
to calculate fair
present values.
12. Bond prices fall True
as yields (or inter-
est rates) rise.