17. When a firm is created, its founders typically invest their own money in the business. The founders may also invite some family or friends to invest equity in the business. This is referred to as (1 Point) finance companies private equity public equity venture capital 18. if you have the following information: the present value of a bond = 756.30, the discount rate = 17 percent, bond life = 7 years, the coupon rate = 9.3 percent, the face value = 1000. what is the semi-annual coupon payment of this bond? (2 points) 46.5 109.3 107.9 93 19. What happens to the coupon rate of a bond that pays $75 annually in interest if interest rates change from 6% to 7%? (1 Point) The coupon rate increase to 7%. The coupon rate increase to 6%. The coupon rate decrease to 7%, The coupon rate remain constant at 7.5% 20. which of the following is a characteristics of capital market securities (1 Point) short term strong liquidity low risk low liquidity 21. Assume investors require a 5 percent annualized return on a six-month T-bill with a par value of $10,000. The price investors would be willing to pay is $_ (2 Points) 9829 9431 9691 9756 none of the above