4-7 Nominal interest rate The nominal interest rate , may be stated for year, 6 months, quarter(3 month), month, week, day ….etc
Example : if r=1.5% per month ,What are the nominal interest
rates per ( 2 years , year, semiannual , quarter) 2 years r =1.5%*24 = 36% per 2 years Year r =1.5%*12 = 18% per 1 years Semiannual r=1.5%*6 = 9% per semiannual Quarter r =1.5%*3 = 4.5% per quarter
Note: for nominal rates, there is no mention for the compounding
4-12 Example : A dot-com company plans to place money in anew venture capital fund that currently returns 18% per year, compounded daily. What effective rate is this : yearly , semiannually