Long-term treasury bonds currently are selling at yields to maturity of nearly 6%. you expect interest rates to fall. the rest of the market thinks that they will remain unchanged over the coming year. in each question, choose the bond that will provide the higher capital gain if you are correct. a. an aaa-rated bond with coupon rate 6% and time to maturity 20 years. a baa-rated bond with coupon rate 6% and time to maturity 20 years. b. an a-rated bond with coupon rate 6% and maturity 20 years, callable at 105. an a-rated bond with coupon rate 4% and maturity 20 years, callable at 105. c. a 7% coupon t-bond with maturity 20 years and ytm = 6%. a 4% coupon t-bond with maturity 20 years and ytm = 6%.

Nellie lumpkin, who suffered from dementia, was admitted to the picayune convalescent center, a nursing home. because of her mental condition, her daughter, beverly mcdaniel, signed the admissions agreement. it included a clause requiring the par- ties to submit any dispute to arbitration. after lumpkin left the center two years later, she filed a suit against picayune to recover damages for mistreatment and malpractice. [covenant health & rehabilitation of picayune, lp v. lumpkin, 23 so.2d 1092 (miss. app. 2009)] (see page 91.) 1. is it ethical for this dispute—involving negligent medical care, not a breach of a commercial contract—to be forced into arbitration? why or why not? discuss whether medical facilities should be able to impose arbitration when there is generally no bargaining over such terms.

Karen is working on classifying all her company’s products in terms of whether they have strong or weak market share and whether this share is in a slow or growing market. what type of strategic framework is she using?

The face of a company is often that of the lowest paid employees who meet the customers. select one: true false