Calculation of total rates of return (TRRs) of investment in Treasuries and mortgage pass-throughs under the following assumptions: 1. The investment period begins on January 10, 2016, and ends on May 30, 2017. 2. The total investment is $4,000,000 to purchase two Treasuries and two residential mortgage pass-throughs. 3. During the investment horizon, these securities are to experience two dramatically different patterns of interest rate changes with specific purchasing and selling yields. 4. The table below lists the two Treasuries and mortgage pass-throughs and the two interest rate scenarios. The investment plan is to allocate $1,000,000 on each security with possible cash left for short-term investment. All cash flows are to be reinvested in a high investment grade, money market instruments with an annualized yield of 0.5% for both rising and declining interest rate scenarios. All trades are settled on the beginning and ending dates of the investment period (ignore the settlement dates specified by SIFMA for mortgage securities). 5. Calculate actual and annualized total rates of return of the four securities and comment on all the reasons why the four securities performed differently in the two different interest rate environments. The reasons discussed in the commentary carry a significant weight in scoring a higher mark for the group investment project.
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