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BOND VALUATION Callaghan Motor\'s bonds have 10 years remaining to maturity. Int

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Question

BOND VALUATION Callaghan Motor's bonds have 10 years remaining to maturity. Interest is paid annually. They have a $1,000 per value; the coupon interest rate is 8% and the yield to maturity is 9%. What is the bond's current market price? VIELD TO MATURITY AND FUTURE PRICE A bond has a $1,000 per value, 10 years to maturity and a 7% annual coupon and sells for 5985. What is its yield to maturity (YTM)? Assume that the yield to maturity remains constant for the next three years. What will the price be 3 years from today? BOND VALUATION Nungesser Corporation's outstanding bonds have a $1,000 par value, a 9% semiannual coupon, 8years to maturity, and an 8.5% YTM. What is the bond's price? YIELD TO MATURITY A firm's bonds have a maturity of 10 years with a $1,000 face value, have an 8% semiannual coupon, are callable in 5 years at $1,050, and currently sell at a price of $1,100. what are their nominal yield to maturity and their nominal yield to call? what return should investors expect to earn on these bonds? BOND VALUATION An investor has two bonds in his portfolio that have a face value of $1,000 and pay a 10% annual coupon. Bond L matures in 15 years, while Bond S matures in 1 year. What will the value of each bond be if the going interest rate is 5%,8% and 12%? Assume that only one more interest payment is to be made on Bond S at its maturity and that 15 more payments are to be made on Bond L. Why does the longer-term bond's price vary more than the price of the shorter-term bond when interest rates change? BOND VALUATION An investor has two bonds in her portfolio, Bond C and Bond Z. bond matures in 4 years, has a face value of $1,000, and has a yield to maturity of 9.69 Bond C pays a 10% annual coupon, while Bond Z is a zero coupon bond. Assuming that the yield to maturity of each bond remains at 9.6% over the next 4 years, calculate the price of the bonds at each the following years to maturity:

Explanation / Answer

Question3 Bond Valuation Face Value $     1,000 Annual Coupon Rate 9.00% Annual Required Return 8.50% Years to Maturity            8.0 Payment Frequency               2 Value of Bond $ 1,028.60 Question4 Yield to Maturity Face Value 1000 Annual Coupon Rate 8.00% Years to Maturity 10 Payment Frequency 2 Value of Bond 1100 Yield to Maturity 7% Yield to Call Face Value 1000 Annual Coupon Rate 8.00% Years to call 5 Payment Frequency 2 Value of Bond 1050 Yield to Maturity 7%