1. What are Bond Ratings and How Do They Impact Bond Valuation?

Your postings should be qualitative and provide substantive depth that advances the discussion.

Who are the bond ratings agencies and what do the ratings mean? When ratings fall what happens to the valuation of a bond and why? Cite a reference to support your answer. Give an example of an economic event that could cause bond ratings to change. Tell why the change in ratings would occur.

2.Assess the value of multiculturalism and diversity in a global environment.

Please work on the following assignment to further your knowledge regarding the global financial system, to include bonds, equity market and mortgage securities.

Textbook title Jett Madura, 2015, Financials and Instituitions markets

• Chapter Eight:
• Question 17 (a, b, c)
• Question 24
• Problem 1
• Problem 2
• Problem 5
• Problem 11
• Problem 12
• Chapter Nine:
• Question 14
• Question 25
• Question 30
• Problem 1
• Chapter Ten:
• Question 20
• Question 22
• Problem 1