a.What are the five C's involved in a bank's decision to make a loan. Please provide a brief explanation of each.

b.Stern Bears, a securities dealer, has a leverage-adjusted duration gap of 1.21 years, $60 million in assets, 7 percent equity to assets ratio, and market rates are 8 percent.

What is the impact on the dealer's market value of equity per $100 of assets if the change in all interest rates is an increase of 0.5 percent [i.e., R = 0.5 percent]