Finance Short Response 4

Forum Topic Responses: One comprehensive forum topic response is assigned weekly. Students are required to select and research one of the forum topics listed below using a minimum of 3 reference sources in addition to the textbook and then write a 1,000-word or more response to the forum topic. APA format is required. Also submit your forum topic response to Turnitin.

Comprehensive forum topic response contributions will be critically graded on the thought quality of the response, work effort, research, APA format, and analysis. Please see attachments for further clarification.

REMEMBER TO:

Use APA format - title page, running head, citations (MUST HAVE), references

Do not plagiarize. Quote, paraphrase or summarize the data that you take from a source. Include a citation. Plagiarism will result in a serious loss of points.

Make sure your paper (the text) is 1,000 words or more.

Do not use Wikipedia or Investopedia or any ~pedia sources. The text may be used but will not count toward the required 3 sources.

Select one of the following forum topics to research and write about.

-Bond Investments and Risk

-Interest Rates

-Interest Rates and the Federal Reserve

-Bond Rating

-Bond Duration (including Web Extension 5C)

-The Term Structure of Interest Rates