Week 4 - Stocks, Bonds, and Interest Rates Summary

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Stocks, Bonds, and Interest Rates Summary

For this week's assignment, you will research and answer the following questions.

· Short-term interest rates are more volatile than long-term interest rates, so short-term bond prices are more sensitive to interest rate changes than long-term bond prices. Is this statement true or false? Explain.

· A bond that pays interest forever and has no maturity date is perpetual, also called perpetuity. In that respect, is a perpetual bond similar to

· a no-growth common stock; or

· a share of preferred stock?

Assignment Details:

· The paper should be one to two pages.

· Use APA format (title page, double-spaced, references).