1. CHAPTER 2 Investments Asset Classes and Financial Instruments Slides by Richard D. Johnson Copyright © 2008 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill/Irwin Cover image

2. 2- 2 Cover image Major Classes of Financial Assets or Securities  Money market  Bond market  Equity markets  Indexes  Derivative markets

3. 2- 3 Cover image Money Market Instruments  Treasury bills  Certificates of deposits  Commercial Paper  Bankers Acceptances

4. 2- 4 Cover image Money Market Instruments cont.  Eurodollars  Repurchase Agreements (RPs) and Reverse RPs  Brokers’ Calls  Federal Funds  LIBOR Market

5. 2- 5 Cover image Figure 2.1 Rates on Money Market Securities

6. 2- 6 Cover image Table 2.1 Major Components of the Money Market

7. 2- 7 Cover image Figure 2.2 Treasury Bill Listing

8. 2- 8 Cover image Figure 2.3 Spread between 3-month CDs and Treasury Bill Rates

9. 2- 9 Cover image Bond Market  Treasury Notes and Bonds  Inflation-Protected Treasury Bonds  Federal Agency Debt  International Bonds  Municipal Bonds  Corporate Bonds  Mortgages and Mortgage-Backed Securities

10. 2- 10 Cover image Treasury Notes and Bonds  Maturities –Notes – maturities up to 10 years –Bonds – maturities in excess of 10 years –30-year bond 2001 Treasury suspended sales 2006 Treasury resume sales  Par Value - $1,000  Quotes – percentage of par

11. 2- 11 Cover image Figure 2.4 Treasury Bonds and Notes

12. 2- 12 Cover image Federal Agency Debt  Major issuers –Federal Home Loan Bank –Federal National Mortgage Association –Government National Mortgage Association –Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

13. 2- 13 Cover image Figure 2.5 Government Agency Issues

14. 2- 14 Cover image Municipal Bonds  Issued by state and local governments  Types –General obligation bonds –Revenue bonds Industrial revenue bonds  Maturities – range up to 30 years

15. 2- 15 Cover image Figure 2.6 Tax-exempt Debt Outstanding

16. 2- 16 Cover image Municipal Bond Yields  Interest income on municipal bonds is not subject to federal and sometimes state and local tax  To compare yields on taxable securities a Taxable Equivalent Yield is constructed

17. 2- 17 Cover image Table 2.2 Equivalent Taxable Yields

18. 2- 18 Cover image Figure 2.7 Ratio of Yields on Tax-exempts to Taxables

19. 2- 19 Cover image Corporate Bonds  Issued by private firms  Semi-annual interest payments  Subject to larger default risk than government securities  Options in corporate bonds –Callable –Convertible

20. 2- 20 Cover image  Developed in the 1970s to help liquidity of financial institutions  Proportional ownership of a pool or a specified obligation secured by a pool  Market has experienced very high rates of growth Mortgages and Mortgage-backed Securities

21. 2- 21 Cover image Figure 2.8 Mortgage-backed Securities Outstanding

22. 2- 22 Cover image Equity Markets  Common stock –Residual claim –Limited liability  Preferred stock –Fixed dividends - limited –Priority over common –Tax treatment  Depository receipts

23. 2- 23 Cover image Figure 2.9 Stock Market Listings

24. 2- 24 Cover image  Track average returns  Comparing performance of managers  Base of derivatives Uses of Stock Indexes

25. 2- 25 Cover image  Representative?  Broad or narrow?  How is it weighted? Factors for Construction of Stock Indexes

26. 2- 26 Cover image Examples of Indexes - Domestic  Dow Jones Industrial Average (30 Stocks)  Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite  NASDAQ Composite  NYSE Composite  Wilshire 5000

27. 2- 27 Cover image Figure 2.10 Performance of Major Stock Indexes

28. 2- 28 Cover image Examples of Indexes - Int’l  Nikkei 225 & Nikkei 300  FTSE (Financial Times of London)  Dax  Region and Country Indexes –EAFE –Far East –United Kingdom

29. 2- 29 Cover image Construction of Indexes  How are stocks weighted? –Price weighted (DJIA) –Market-value weighted (S&P500, NASDAQ) –Equally weighted (Value Line Index)

30. 2- 30 Cover image Derivatives Securities Options  Basic Positions –Call (Buy) –Put (Sell)  Terms –Exercise Price –Expiration Date –Assets Futures  Basic Positions –Long (Buy) –Short (Sell)  Terms –Delivery Date –Assets