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Bill owns a corporate bond that is priced at $115, has a 9 percent coupon rate,...

Bill owns a corporate bond that is priced at $115, has a 9 percent coupon rate, and 15 years remaining to maturity. The bond pays interest annually and is callable at year five where the bond issuer will pay the $100 par value plus a $1 call premium.

  1. What is the bond’s yield to maturity?
  1. What is the bond’s yield to call?
  1. Which yield more accurately reflects the yield Bill will earn on the bond? Explain your answer.

  1.         Assume Bill’s bond in question eight pays interest semiannually rather than annually. All the other information is the same.

  1. What is the bond’s yield to maturity?
  1. What is the bond’s yield to call?

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  1.         Assume Bill’s bond in question eight pays interest semiannually rather than annually. All the other information is the same.

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