Exercises
How many credit agencies are there in the US? Which are the major ones?
How many types of definition of risk are there? What are the differences between credit risk and market risk?
How do you estimate the total risk and market risk of a firm? What is the related mathematical formula?
How do you estimate the credit risk of a firm? What is the related mathematical formula?
Why might the credit risk of a bond be different than its company's credit rating?
If everything is equal, which one is for risk, long-term bonds, or short-term bonds?
What is the definition of credit spread? Why is it useful?
What are uses of the term structure of interest rate?
What are the definitions of X1, X2, X3, X4, and X5 for Altman's Z-score? Explain why the higher a Z-score, the lower the probability of bankruptcy:
Identify an issue with z score and find a way to address the issue.
What is the one-year migration (transition) matrix?
What is the relationship between the credit rating and the default probability...