Alpha Bank determined that Delta Industrial Machinery Corporation has 2% change of default on a one-year no-payment of USD $1 million, including interest and principal repayment. The bank charges 3% interest rate spread to firms in the machinery industry, and the risk-free interest rate is 6%. Alpha Bank receives both interest and principal payments once at the end the year. Delta can only default at the end of the year. If Delta defaults, the bank expects to lose 50% of its promised payment. What interest rate should Alpha Bank charge on the no-payment loan to Delta Industrial Machinery Corporation?
The potential failure of a manufacturer to honor a warranty might be called ____, whereas the potential failure of a borrower to fulfill its payment requirements, which include both the repayment of the amount borrowed, the principal and the contractual interest payments, would be called ___.
A financial analyst is trying to distinguish credit risk from market risk. A $100 loan collateralized with $200 in stock has limited ___, but an uncollateralized obligation issued by a large bank to pay an amount linked to the long-term performance of the Nikkei 225 Index that measures the performance of the leading Japanese stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange likely has more ___ than ___.
Which one of the following four statements does identify correctly the relationship between the value of an option and perceived exchange rate volatility?
When looking at the distribution of portfolio credit losses, the shape of the loss distribution is ___ , as the likelihood of total losses, the sum of expected and unexpected credit losses, is ___ than the likelihood of no credit losses.
Which one of the following changes would typically increase the price of a fixed income instrument, such as a bond?
