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Could you please explain financial leverage?
John Smith
Answered: Apr 24, 2024
The text states: if companies believe they can earn a greater return on cash investedin their business than it would cost to borrow money, they can increase the return onshareholders equity by...Read More

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Could you please explain the difference between yield and coupon rate?
John Smith
Answered: Apr 24, 2024
The coupon rate is usually fixed and represents the interest payment the issuer makesto the investor each year until the bond matures. the coupon rate is always calculatedagainst the face value of a...Read More

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What should a network administrators first course of action be on receiving an e-mail alerting him to the presence of a virus on the system if a specific executable file exists?This question...
Fhepler
Answered: Apr 24, 2024
Investigate the e-mail as a possible hoax with a reputable anti-virus vendor.

If a virus threat is for real, the major anti-virus players like Symantec, McAfee, or Sophos will know about...Read More

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What type of attack is mainly based on the probability of two different messages that use the same hash function to produce a common message digest?
Fhepler
Answered: Apr 24, 2024
Birthday attack

A good hashing algorithm should not produce the same hash value for two different messages. If the algorithm does produce the same value for two distinctly different...Read More

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What are the potential indicators of phishing?
BerniFerguson
Answered: Apr 24, 2024
All of the above

All of the above. Things to watch out for: Obvious spelling or grammatical mistakes are usually a dead giveaway. Mouseover but do not click the links in the email. ...Read More

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How do you calculate the yield to maturity as opposed to the yields shown in the text?
John Smith
Answered: Apr 24, 2024
I cannot demonstrate using numbers the yield to maturity because the math is far too complicated. one would need to use a financial calculator to calculate an accurate yield to maturity. since use...Read More

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How does the sinking fund work?
John Smith
Answered: Apr 24, 2024
With a sinking fund, the issuer is obligated to retire a specific number of shares eachyear. they can do so in several ways. first, the issuer can call the bonds. by callingthe bonds, the investor...Read More

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Why would longer-term coupons with low coupon rates be the most appropriate combination to own when interest rates are falling?
John Smith
Answered: Apr 24, 2024
As interest rates fall, bond prices rise. to take advantage of this price increase, you would want to own the most volatile combination of characteristics in a bond. we know that low coupon bonds...Read More

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Can you give more of an explanation of duration?
John Smith
Answered: Apr 24, 2024
Duration is a mathematical concept whose calculations are not covered in this course.you need to know that duration is a mathematical concept that combines term to maturity and coupon risk together...Read More

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What is 'phishing'?
BerniFerguson
Answered: Apr 24, 2024
A way of attempting to acquire information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an illicit email, often with links to a fraudulent,...Read More

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How do you calculate the annual price change for the approximate yield to maturity?
John Smith
Answered: Apr 24, 2024
Approximate yield to maturity?If the current price of the bond is 107 and it matures at 100, that means the investor paid 107 but will only get back 100. so you can see this as a loss of $7.next,...Read More

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Why own long-term low-coupon bonds when interest rates are falling and own short-term high-coupon bonds when interest rates are rising?
John Smith
Answered: Apr 24, 2024
Im assuming you are looking for an explanation of that paragraph, rather than an example of someone buying and selling bonds.when interest rates fall, bond prices rise. in order to take advantage of...Read More

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Can you give me an example of what happens when i redeem my CSBS with 2 months left before the anniversary date of issue?
John Smith
Answered: Apr 24, 2024
Heres a simplified example:lets say you cash your bond and are supposed to receive redemption proceeds in theamount of $1,000. the bond pays $120 in interest per year or $10 per month. if youredeem...Read More

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Why does social engineering attacks often succeed?
Fhepler
Answered: Apr 24, 2024
Lack of security awareness

Social engineering attacks work because of the availability heuristic, law of reciprocity, and law of consistency. In the past people have had experiences where...Read More

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Can you give me an example of the negative pledge provision works?
John Smith
Answered: Apr 24, 2024
NPP example: A debenture is issued with a negative pledge provision. The provision ensures that if the company issues any subsequent mortgage bond, then the company must allow for the debenture...Read More

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