11. Give examples of money market instruments.

Ex: commercial paper, a negotiable CD, treasury bills, repurchase agreements, etc…
12. Give examples of capital
Ex: U.S government agency securities, corporate bonds, State and local government
bonds, etc…
13. Why is a share of Microsoft common stock an asset for its owner and a
liability for Microsoft?

Because Microsoft receive money by selling stock. The owner purchase stock and
stock will give their benefits in the future.
14. Suppose you invested in a firm (for example, Apple, Google, Western
Union) when it was small and unprofitable. Now the firm has grown
considerably and it is profitable. Would you be better off if you had bought
the firm’s stock or the firm’s bonds?

Stock: Yes, because I will receive dividend and my stock have had higher value.
Bond: No, because I just make a loans to these company and I will be given back my
money (including interest)
15. “Because corporations do not actually raise any funds in secondary
markets, they are less important to the economy than primary markets.”
Comment.

NOT EXACT. Because the existence of the secondary market makes their stock
more liquid and the price in the secondary market sets the price that the
corporation would receive if they choose to sell more stock in the primary
market.

16. Everything else being equal, which would be more valuable to you—a
derivative instrument whose value is derived from an underlying
instrument with a very volatile price history or one derived from an
underlying instrument with a very stable price history? Explain your
choice.

The primary use of derivatives is to transfer risk from one party to another. The
more volatile the price of the instrument upon which the derivative is based, the
higher the risk, everything else being equal. Therefore, the derivative based on
 the more volatile underlying asset should have more value to you. For example,
an option to buy a particular asset as some date in the future at a pre-determined
price would have little value if the price of that asset never changed overtime

17. Discuss the following: Money market funds attract money from investors
who do not know what else to do with their money. Thus money market
funds are merely a last resort when there are no better alternatives for
investment. Since they invest only in short term securities, they do not play
a role in financing economic growth.

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18. Suppose Delta Airlines signs a contract to purchase 50 new Boeing 787 planes at
fixed negotiated prices with fixed delivery dates over the next five years. In
addition, the contract has a special clauses stating that an additional 20 planes
may be purchased at the buyer’s discretion. The clause gives Delta the ability to
buy four more planes each year for a 5% premium to the prices set for the
original 50 planes. What sort of derivative security does this special clause
represent? What is the primary factor that will determine the value of this clause
over the life of the contract? What value does this clause have in terms of
Delta’s risk management?

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19. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange has announced the introduction of a

financial instrument that is based on rainfall in the state of Illinois. The
standard agreement states that for each inch of rain over and above the
average rainfall for a particular month, the seller will pay the buyer $1,000.
Who could benefit from buying such a contract? Who could benefit from
selling it?

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20. The presence of adverse selection problem keeps bond and stock markets from
effectively channelling funds from savers to borrowers. What does statement
mean? Explain briefly
Thằng mua nó biết trong thị trường stock sẽ có công ty tốt và công ty xấu, nó sẽ chỉ
chịu mua ở một mức giá trung bình. Nếu công ty tốt biết được rằng mình được “đánh
giá tốt” nó sẽ khôngg chịu bán, mà người mua biết được công ty tốt ra giá quá cao,
công ty xấu ra giá thấp mà dại gì mua của công ty xấu, nên cuối cùng ko mua. Nói
chung là quá hiểu nhau đâm ra không muốn đầu tư nữa, vì phải có risk thì mới có
value.