Business Finance

Please elaborate on your choice of TWO of the following topics: 1 source for each topic if you can locate the textbook for source that would be great – essentials of corporate finance 10th edition by ross westerfield and jordan ISBN:978-1-260-56556-0 Topic 1 Define the concept of ‘time value of money’. Could the ‘time value of money’ vary over time? Why is understanding the concept of  time value of money  important” Topic 2 What is compounding and discounting?  Please explain and provide examples that illustrate what happens to present and future values when either the length of time is increased, or the rate of investment increases/decreases. Topic 3 How does a bond issuer deide on the appropriate coupon rate to set on its bonds? Explain the difference between the coupon rate and the required return on a bond. Topic 4 Short term interest rate is more volatile than long-term interest rates, so short-term bond prices are more sensitives to interest rate changes than are long-term bond prices. Is this statement true or false? Explain. To answer a particular question, click the link above. Once you are in the forum, click the “Create Thread” button to view the question again, as well as create and submit your answer.  Please be sure not to answer both topics within the same thread, and instead you will need to create a separate thread for each topic you choose to answer. For example, if you decide to answer Topics 1 and 2, you will need to create a thread, type in your answer for Topic 1, and then submit it.  Next, you would need to create another thread for Topic 2, answer that topic, and then submit it.  This allows for your peers to reply directly to students who answered the same topics as themselves. Please contact me in the Virtual Office if you need further clarification.