Assignment Questions
- (2 points) Assume Homoud purchased one thousand Tanmiah stocks at a price 110.2 SAR on December 04th, 2022 (at the beginning of the semester). Then, he sold the stocks at a price 127.8 SAR on December 27th. Calculate his Holding Period Return (HPR). There were no dividends payout during the period you hold the stocks.
- (5 points) SAMA bills have the following information on December 2022 as it has been reported in the Saudi Central Bank:
| Maturity | Rate | Date security issued |
| 1 week | 0.51218 % | October 2021 |
| 4 weeks | 0.54208 % | October 2021 |
| 13 weeks | 0.57601 % | October 2021 |
| 26 weeks | 0.60201 % | October 2021 |
| 52 weeks | 0.61800 % | October 2021 |
| 1 week | 3.58000 % | October 2022 |
| 4 weeks | 3.81750 % | October 2022 |
| 13 weeks | 4.52500 % | October 2022 |
| 26 weeks | 5.05500 % | October 2022 |
| 52 weeks | 5.67000 % | October 2022 |
- Construct two yield curves for October 2021 and October 2022 (this is a graph).
- Explain whey they have different curves?
- (3 points) Inflation rate was rising worldwide for the last two years (since the beginning of the pandemic). Moreover, inflation rate on Saudi Arabia will still be rising according to the prediction for 2023 (expected inflation will increase). How would you interpret this into the Saudi bond market in general; supply and demand for bonds.
