Quoted interest rates are rates stated in the tenor or contract of a particular security. All of the following are true about quoted rates, except: Nominal rates for both government and corporate issued securities have inflation premiums. The liquidity risk premium is used to compensate investors for the possibility of difficulty in converting the security into cash The short-term government securities do not possess any liquidity risk All long-term securities, regardless of the issuing entity, possess risk of changes in prices reflected in the presence of default risk premium

Quoted interest rates are rates stated in the tenor or contract of a particular security. All of the following are true about quoted rates, except: Nominal rates for both government and corporate issued securities have inflation premiums. The liquidity risk premium is used to compensate investors for the possibility of difficulty in converting the security into cash The short-term government securities do not possess any liquidity risk All long-term securities, regardless of the issuing entity, possess risk of changes in prices reflected in the presence of default risk premium

Auditing: A Risk Based-Approach to Conducting a Quality Audit

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ISBN:9781305080577

Author:Karla M Johnstone, Audrey A. Gramling, Larry E. Rittenberg

Publisher:Karla M Johnstone, Audrey A. Gramling, Larry E. Rittenberg

Chapter16: Advanced Topics Concerning Complex Auditing Judgments

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