1.What continuously compounded interest rate provides the same effective return as a semiannual bond that yields 7% annually?

2.Carla earns $100,000 per year now, and pays $20,000 per year on her fixed rate mortgage. Her income is subject to a COLA clause. If the risk-free rate of interest is 3%, and the expected inflation rate is 2% per year, what is the spending power of her net income in 10 years, expressed in todays dollars?

3How would you find the present value of 10 years of Carlas income without being given an inflation rate or interest rate?

4How do you know if one direct quotation currency is appreciating or depreciating relative to another?

5.If the spot RMB exchange rate is 6.7, the U.S. continuously compounded interest rate is 2%, and the Chinese continuously compounded interest rate is 3%, what is the one year forward exchange rate? Use continous compounding?