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Question Five
You purchase a $1,000 bond maturing in 10 years, and pay $1,150
for the...
Question Five
- You purchase a $1,000 bond maturing in 10 years, and pay $1,150
for the bond. The bond pays annual interest at 5%. What
is the current yield? What is the yield to
maturity?
- Using the information in b, you sell the bond for $1,250 at the
end of year 2, what is the rate of return of the bond?
Assume the payments are reinvested at a rate of 3%
Rate of return = Int + Capital Gain /
Purchase Price
- What is the market rate of interest on a 6%, $1,000 bond, 7
years, priced at $1,175?
Question Six
You are in a position where you decide to invest in bonds in the
market place. You are considering investing in the bonds
of Able Corp. Able Corp. bonds have a par value of
$1,000 each and pay annual interest of 7% and mature in 25 years.
Interest is paid semiannually.
- The current annual rate of interest on bonds of similar risk in
the market place is 8% annually. This is also your
required rate of return. What price should you pay for the
bond?
- Now assume that the market rate of annual interest and your
required rate of return is 6%. What price should you pay
for the bond?
- Describe two possible reasons that the market rates of a
similar risk bond are different from the contractual rate of
interest on the bond.
Question Seven
Musical Corporation, having recently issued a $10 million,
ten-year bond issue is committed to make annual sinking fund
deposits of $600,000. The deposits are made on the last
day of each year and yield a return of 10%
annually.
Will the sinking fund at the end of ten years by sufficient to
retire the bonds? If not, what will be the
deficiency?