Economics 104
Financial Economics
Module 5 Yield-Bearing Financial Assets

Complete these assignments in the following order (completion dates are shown where appropriate):


Reading assignments
 

1.      The Market for U.S, Treasury Securities

2.      Bond and Note Valuation and Related Interest Rate Formulas

3.      Go to the PalmIslandTraders blog and read the two posts of the TLT tracking stock.



Homework Assignments

All online homework assignments for this module are also found in the Course Assignments page for this class.  The following assignment is to be completed for this module.

Assignment 6 -  Using the Bond Calculator to Calculate Bond Values. You will need to download an Excel Workbook that allows you to calculate bond values.   Do not begin this assignment until you have read readings 1 and 2 above. This will not be collected but you should complete it and bring it to class for discussion on Tuesday, November 1 There is an exam question at the end of the assignment,