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(Related to Checkpoint 9.2 and Checkpoint 9.3) (Bond valuation) The 11-year $1,0

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(Related to Checkpoint 9.2 and Checkpoint 9.3) (Bond valuation) The 11-year $1,000 par bonds of Vail Inc. pay 9 percent interest. The markers required yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond is 10 percent. The current market price for the bond is $850. a. Determine the yield to maturity. b. What is the value of the bonds to you given the yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond? c. Should you purchase the bond at the current market price? a. What is your yield to maturity on the Vail bonds given the current market price of the bonds? [ ] (Round to Iwo decimal pIaces) b. What should be the value of the Vail bonds given the yield to maturity on a comparable risk bond? [ ] (Round to the nearest cent.) e. You [ ] purchase the vail bonds at the current market price because they are currently

Explanation / Answer

a)

b)

c) i should buy the bond. Bond is underpriced.

Face value (FV) $                                    1,000.00 Coupon rate 9.00% Number of compounding periods per year 1 Interest per period (PMT)                                              90.00 Bond price (PV) $                                     (850.00) Number of years to maturity 11 Number of compounding periods till maturity (NPER) 11 Bond Yield to maturity RATE(NPER,PMT,PV,FV) Bond Yield to maturity 11.47% RATE(11,90,-850,1000)