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02 Risk Free Assets
02 Risk Free Assets
Risk-Free Assets
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Time Value of Money
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Type of Interest
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Simple Interest
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Perpetuity
a sequence of payments of
a fixed amount to be made
at equal time intervals and
continuing indefinitely into
the future.
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Periodic Compounding
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Continuous Compounding
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Return on Continuous Compounding
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Log-linearization
Taylor Appoximation
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How to Compare Compounding Methods
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Zero-Coupon Bonds
• Involves just a single payment
• The issuing institution (for example, a government, a bank or a
company) promises to exchange the bond for a certain amount of
money F, called the face value,on a given day T, called the maturity
date
• The life span of a zero-coupon bond is up to one year,
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Coupon Bonds
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