Type your 2.Judy Johnson is choosing between investing in two Treasury securitie

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Type your 2.Judy Johnson is choosing between investing in two Treasury securities that mature in five years and have par values of $1,000. One is a Treasury note paying an annual coupon of 5.06 percent. The other is a TIPS which pays 3 percent interest annually: a.what is its price if investors required rate of return is 6.09 percent on similar bonds? Treasury notes pay interest semiannually. b. Herron corporation wants to issue five-year notes but investors require a credit risk spread of 3 percentage points. What is the anticipated coupon rate on the Erron notes? question here

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a)

Price of treasury note = 50.60 PVIFA(6.09%,5) + 1000 PVIF(6.09%,5) = $956.72

Price of TIPS = 30 PVIFA(6.09%,5) + 1000 PVIF(6.09%,5) = $870.16

b)

Anticapet coupon rate = 8.06%

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