a. If LIBOR rises at the rate of 50 basis points per 6-month period, starting tomonow, how much does Heather save or cost her company by making this swap? b. If LIBOR falls at the rate of 25 basis points per 6-month period, starting tomorrow, how much does Heather save or cost her company by making this swap?
a. If LIBOR rises at the rate of 50 basis points per 6-month period, starting tomonow, how much does Heather save or cost her company by making this swap? b. If LIBOR falls at the rate of 25 basis points per 6-month period, starting tomorrow, how much does Heather save or cost her company by making this swap?
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![CB Solutions. Heather O'Reilly, the treasurer of CB Solutions, believes interest rates are going to rise, so she wants to swap her future floating-rate interest payments for fixed
rates Presently, she is paying per annum on $5,000,000 of debt for the next two years, with payments due semiannually. LIBOR is currently 3 984% per annum Spread paid
over LIBOR, per annum is 2.000 % Heather has just made an interest payment today, so the next payment is due six months from now Heather finds that she can swap her
current floating-rate payments for fixed payments of 7.004% per annum (CB Solutions weighted average cost of capital is 12%, which Heather calculates to be 6% per 6-month
period, compounded semiannually).
a. If LIBOR rises at the rate of 50 basis points per 6-month period, starting tomorrow, how much does Heather save or cost her company by making this swap?
b. If LIBOR falls at the rate of 25 basis points per 6-month period, starting tomorrow, how much does Heather save or cost her company by making this swap?
a. If LIBOR rises at the rate of 50 basis points per 6-month period, starting tomorrow, how much does Heather save or cost her company by making this swap?
The swap
for the first six-month period is $ (Select from the drop-down menu and round to the nearest dollar)
cost
COTE
savings](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Ffc00dc71-4a8a-41f7-b66b-25652e90e411%2Fbb524b50-7898-43da-9e7d-3ddb08b42fed%2Fdy7twb_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:CB Solutions. Heather O'Reilly, the treasurer of CB Solutions, believes interest rates are going to rise, so she wants to swap her future floating-rate interest payments for fixed
rates Presently, she is paying per annum on $5,000,000 of debt for the next two years, with payments due semiannually. LIBOR is currently 3 984% per annum Spread paid
over LIBOR, per annum is 2.000 % Heather has just made an interest payment today, so the next payment is due six months from now Heather finds that she can swap her
current floating-rate payments for fixed payments of 7.004% per annum (CB Solutions weighted average cost of capital is 12%, which Heather calculates to be 6% per 6-month
period, compounded semiannually).
a. If LIBOR rises at the rate of 50 basis points per 6-month period, starting tomorrow, how much does Heather save or cost her company by making this swap?
b. If LIBOR falls at the rate of 25 basis points per 6-month period, starting tomorrow, how much does Heather save or cost her company by making this swap?
a. If LIBOR rises at the rate of 50 basis points per 6-month period, starting tomorrow, how much does Heather save or cost her company by making this swap?
The swap
for the first six-month period is $ (Select from the drop-down menu and round to the nearest dollar)
cost
COTE
savings
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