McGraw-Hill OnlineMcGraw-Hill Higher EducationLearning Center
Student Center | Instructor Center | Information Center | Home
Ethics In Finance PowerWeb
Standard & Poor's Questions
Recent Developments
PowerPoints
Chapter Summary
Chapter Objectives
Standard & Poor's Questions
Feedback
Help Center


Rose MCM cover
Money and Capital Markets: Financial Institutions and Instruments in a Global Marketplace, 8/e
Peter Rose, Texas A & M University
The Residential Mortgage Market

Standard & Poor's Questions

Chapter 24 in Money and Capital Markets: The Residential Mortgage Market

Question 1


Of all the firms listed on S&P’s Market Insight which ones have the most extensive relationship to the residential mortgage market? What is their role in this huge financial marketplace?

Question 2


Today who is the largest of all mortgage-related institutions? See if you can answer the following questions about this firm:
(a) What is this company’s principal role in the mortgage market?
(b) How many shares of common stock has it listed? How many common shareholders does it have and where are its shares listed?
(c) Have its dividends and earnings per share been rising or falling most recently?
(d) Does this firm have a relatively high or low debt-to-equity ratio? Why?
(e) Who audits the firm?
(f) What are its two principal lines of business activity?
(g) How much in total assets and equity capital does it hold?

<a onClick="window.open('/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=gif:: ::/sites/dl/free/0072486767/54618/go_to_mi.gif','popWin', 'width=NaN,height=NaN,resizable,scrollbars');" href="#"><img valign="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" border="0" src="/olcweb/styles/shared/linkicons/image.gif"> (1.0K)</a>




McGraw-Hill/Irwin




Copyright2003 McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Any use is subject to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
McGraw-Hill Higher Education is one of the many fine businesses of The McGraw-Hill Companies.