/ Arab Open University
Faculty of Business Studies
BE220 – Money and Banking
TMA - 2nd Semester 2017/2016

Please read these instructions carefully. However, contact your tutor in case any difficulties with the instructions.

Cut-off Date: / / / 2017
Word Limit: / 1500 Words for all of the TMA ≈ 5 pages
Citation: / Harvard Referencing Style
Paper Size: / A4, 80g For Printed Hard Copy.
Font: / Times new roman
Point: / 12
Margins: / 1 Inch for each side
Space between lines / Double space
Cover page: / PT3 Form (the attached form)

Your name, personal identifier, course and assignment numbers must appear at the top of each sheet. Start each question in the assignment on a new page. Any extended text should ideally be word-processed, but, diagrams and accompanying notes may be hand drawn and you can use large sheets of paper.

COMPLETING AND SENDING YOUR ASSIGNMENTS:

When you have completed each of your TMA, fill in an assignment form (PT3), taking care to enter correctly your personal identifier course and assignment numbers. Each TMA and its PT3 form should be sent to your tutor with your name, address and personal identifier written on it. Keep a copy of your TMA for security. The copy that is eventually returned to you after the assessment process will have comments written on it. All assignments are treated in strict confidence. It is very important that you ensure that your tutor receives each assignment by the cut-off date given. If you feel that you are unable to meet the cut-off date for any of the TMA, please contact your tutor as soon as possible to discuss your situation.

REFERENCING:

It is imperative that each student cites their references in their TMAs properly. To do so, each student ought to use the Harvard Referencing Style. Students who fail to comply with this rule will be penalized by point deduction. Also, student should try to use recent references instead of old ones.

PLAGIARISM:

If you submit an assignment that contains work that is not your own, without indicating this to the marker (acknowledging your sources), you are committing ‘plagiarism’. This might occur in an assignment when:

-Copying word-for-word directly from a text.

-Using text downloaded from the Internet.

-Copying or downloading figures, photographs, pictures or diagrams without acknowledging your sources.

-Copying from the notes or essays of a fellow student.

-Copying from your own notes, on a text, tutorial, video or lectures that contain direct quotations.

Plagiarism may occur inadvertently due to inexperience. So read carefully all the course-specific study advice that you receive in your mailings, especially statements concerning plagiarism and how to reference your sources.

You can score very well on this assignment using the materials provided as part of the course. However, if you have access to other sources of information such as reference books or the Internet, you may find it interesting to look there for additional relevant information. Very short extract from published sources may be included in context but you should avoid copying significant amounts of text from other authors. You should note that whilst the internet can provide lots of information much of it is not refereed and should be treated with caution.

If you take material from the course or elsewhere and incorporate it in your answer word-for-word, you must indicate where you have taken it from. Not to do so it termed ‘plagiarism’ and is regarded as an infringement of copyright. To attempt to pass off such work as your own is cheating. You must therefore acknowledge all your sources of information. Plagiarism will lead to a loss of marks and extensive plagiarism could mean that you fail this TMA. For more information about what constitutes plagiarism or cheating you should refer to the current assessment handbook.

Plagiarism rate and marks deduction:Based on the real plagiarism rate shown by TurnItIn® plagiarism system, tutor will deduct these rates of marks:

Note: Consider the possibility of exaggerated total plagiarism rate as a result of:
1-PT3 form similarity. (Roughly 20%)
2-Case study & its questions similarity. (Roughly 25% )
3-Student’s submission the same TMA twice. (Roughly 100%) / Plagiarism Rate / Marks Deduction
1 - 20 % / 0 %
21 - 50 % / 10 %
51 - 75 % / 45 %
76 - 85 % / 65 %
86 - 100 % / 100%

What a happy new year2017!

In 2017Sam won the lottery ticket prize with the amount of (USD one million), finally the long sweet dream become true. It is possible now for Sam to be free of debts, he can payback (Peace Bank) his loan by which he bought the first “pledged” house; it was (including interests) USD 40000, 20 years, 5% annual interest rate, only 5 years pass away. He can purchase a new car after sad grief days with his old one. Sam was cashier in a local company, with annual salary was (USD 24000)in 2016; this means that he must pay 10% of his income asa Tax.

Just a few days after euphoria of winning, Sam began wise thinking, in a way to decide what he can do with $1million he just received. Fortunately, he still keep good relation with Anne, his friend, she is working as financial consultant in Bounty City Inc., immediately he called her and arrange meeting with promise of complex calculations. Anne prepared summary list reflects some of financial facts, hoped to help in any investment decision Sam may take. Three hours later, after long in-depth discussion regarding the numbers and percentages mentioned in the list, she asked him to study the provided data well and to call her later to analyze critically any resulted decisions he may take. The list that delivered to Sam was this table:

Description / Value / Dividends / Risk Rating
Roger Co. / Stock price / $ 8 / $ 0.16 per share / AAA
Stones Co. / Stock price / $ 4 / $ 0.08 per share / BB-
Real-estate. Co. / Stock price / $2 / Initial issuing / Underwriting
Lawyer fees / Per hour / $ 100
Lawyer fees / Per contract / $ 1000
Inflation rate / Year 2016 / 10 %
Government bond / Default free / 5% / AAA+
World-Pan Corp. / Commercial bond / 15% / CCC+
Bounty City Inc. / Annual Return / 12% / A+

Questions:

  1. Which company you advise Sam to invest in:Roger Co. or Stones Co.? Justify why? (20 marks)
  1. What is the value of real interest rate in each last three investment opportunities? Can we consider any of them as loss? How?(20 marks)
  1. Define risk premium?Where Sam has to consider the (Risk Premium) if he wishes to invest in any of mentioned alternatives?(20 marks)
  1. Once Sam starts his investment activities, he may experience potential risks, shall he inform his bank (Peace Bank) about? Why? If he did not, what this situation called?(20 marks)
  1. What is better for Sam, to payback hishouse bank loan(remaining $30000)? Or invest this money? Justify why?(20 marks)

The End of the TMA


PT3 Form / Arab Open University
Tutor Marked Assignment
(TMA) /
Academic Year : 2017/2016 / Semester: Spring - the 2nd
Branch: / Program: Business
Course Title: Money and Banking / Course Code: BE220
Student Name: / Student ID:
Section Number: 1 / Tutor Name:

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Awarded Mark:
Mark details
Allocated
Marks / Question / Q1 / Q2 / Q3 / Q4 / Q5 / Total
Weight / 20 / 20 / 20 / 20 / 20 / 100%
Marks
Deducted Mark:
Allocated
Marks / Criteria / Presentation / Sources / Citation / Word Count / Total
Weight / 5 / 5 / 5 / 5 / 20%
Marks / - / - / - / - / -
Student’s Total Mark 100%
Real Plagiarism rate (% ) / Penalty /Marks Deduction (% ) / -
Student’s Net Mark =

Declaration: I hereby declare that the submitted TMA is my own work and I have not copied any other person’s work or plagiarized in any other form as AOU instructions specify.

Student Signature
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Tutor Name: / Tutor Signature: / Date returned: / /2017
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