TAILIEUCHUNG - Charles J. Corrado_Fundamentals of Investments - Chapter 9

CHAPTER 9 Interest Rates One truism of commerce holds that time is money, but how much time is how much money? Interest is a rental rate for money, and an interest rate tells us how much money for how much time. But there are many interest rates, each corresponding to a particular money market. | CHAPTER 9 Interest Rates One truism of commerce holds that time is money but how much time is how much money Interest is a rental rate for money and an interest rate tells us how much money for how much time. But there are many interest rates each corresponding to a particular money market. Interest rates state money prices in each of these markets This chapter is the first dealing specifically with interest-bearing assets. As we discussed in Chapter 3 there are two basic types of interest-bearing assets money market instruments and fixed income securities. For both types of assets interest rates are a key determinant of asset values. Furthermore since there are well over 20 trillion of interest-bearing assets outstanding interest rates play a pivotal role in financial markets and the economy. . Because interest rates are one of the most closely watched financial market indicators we devote this entire chapter to them. We first discuss the many different interest rates that are commonly reported in the financial press along with some of the different ways interest rates are calculated and quoted. We then go on to describe the basic determinants and separable components of interest rates. 2 Chapter 9 Interest Rate History and Money Market Rates Recall from Chapter 3 that money market instruments are debt obligations that have a maturity of less than one year at the time they are originally issued. Each business day the Wall Street Journal publishes a list of current interest rates for several categories of money market securities in its MONEY RATES report. We will discuss each of these interest rates and the securities they represent immediately below. First however we take a quick look at the history of interest rates. Interest Rate History In Chapter 1 we saw how looking back at the history of returns on various types of investments gave us a useful perspective on rates of return. Similar insights are available from interest rate history. For example at .

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