Earn up to 5% extra credit. It can help you but not hurt you. And this time, no
diversification. You must pick only one of the questions below to answer. If the TA cannot tell which one you wanted, he
will simply grade the first. (Aside: Do you get how valuable diversification is if you are risk-averse?)
year maturity, monthly payments. The ARM has initial interest rate 6.5% with 2 points, caps are 2% per jump, 5% lifetime,
margin is 300 basis points, index is Treasury Bonds that are currently yielding 6.0%. The loan amount is $100,000. Under
the "straight line" assumption about future interest rates (i.e., assuming the market rate on the index remains constant), what
is the yield to maturity? (Show your work if you want to possibly get partial credit.)