The corporate bond market is “thin” compared to the market for money market securities or corporate stocks. a) true Prices in the corporate bond market tend to be less volatile than prices of securities sold in markets with greater trading volumes. a) False All other things being equal‚ a given change in the interest rates will have a greater impact on the price of a low-coupon bond than a higher-coupon bond with the same maturity. a) True If investors believe inflation will be increasing in the
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5-1 Bond Valuation with Annual payments Jackson Corporation’s bonds have 12 years remaining to maturity. Interest is paid annually‚ the bonds have a $1‚000 par value‚ and the coupon interest rate is 8%. The bonds have a yield to maturity of 9%. What is the current market price of these bonds? F= par value C= maturity value R= coupon rate per coupon payment period I= effective interest rate per coupon payment period N= number of coupon paynments F= 1000 so C should = 1000 r= .08 i=
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Chapter 10 Bond Prices and Yields 1. a. Catastrophe bond: Typically issued by an insurance company. They are similar to an insurance policy in that the investor receives coupons and par value‚ but takes a loss in part or all of the principal if a major insurance claim is filed against the issuer. This is provided in exchange for higher than normal coupons. b. Eurobond: They are bonds issued in the currency of one country but sold in other national markets. c. Zero-coupon bond: Zero-coupon bonds
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1)pk acquired a 25% interest in Trent Co. on January 1‚ 2010‚ for $500‚000. At that time‚ Trent had 1‚000‚000 shares of its $1 par common stock issued and outstanding. During 2010‚ Trent paid cash dividends of $160‚000 and thereafter declared and issued a 5% common stock dividend when the market value was $2 per share. Trent’s net income for 2010 was $360‚000. What is the balance in Agee’s investment account at the end of 2010 Cost $500‚000 Share of net income (.25 × $360‚000) 90‚000 Share
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What are Yield to Maturity (YTM) and Yield to Call (YTC)? By calculating the present and future value of bonds‚ managers can make sound decisions about their potential strengths and weaknesses as investments. Answer the following questions in this week’s Discussion 2 thread: 1. What terms (or inputs) are needed to calculate yield to maturity (YTM)? How does this compare to calculating yield to call (YTC)? To calculate the YTM you will need to use Annual Interest‚ Par value‚ Market Price
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Chapter 8 Valuing Bonds 8-1. A 30-year bond with a face value of $1000 has a coupon rate of 5.5%‚ with semiannual payments. a. What is the coupon payment for this bond? b. Draw the cash flows for the bond on a timeline. a. The coupon payment is: [pic] b. The timeline for the cash flows for this bond is (the unit of time on this timeline is six-month periods): [pic] 8-2. Assume that a bond will make payments every six months as
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October 2014 Bond Pricing Qu 1: Time to Maturity Zero Coupon Rate Discount Factor 1 5% 2 6% 3 7% 4 8% 5 9% Give the formula for the discount factor in terms of the zero coupon rate. Use the formula to fill in the discount factors in the table above (you can write the formula or using excel calculate the numerical value). Assume that the government wishes to issue a new 5 year bond priced at 100 (called a par coupon bond as it is priced at par i.e. the price is the same as the face value) given the
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Chapter 1 Role of Financial Markets and Institutions 1. Financial market participants who provide funds are called A) deficit units. B) surplus units. C) primary units. D) secondary units. 2. The main provider(s) of funds to the U.S. Treasury is (are) A) households and businesses. B) foreign financial institutions
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version has to be reader-friendly. Hard copies of the solutions must be dropped in the TA’s box by 6pm of the due date. Late submission will not be accepted. Please state clearly the names and UIDs of each member on the first page of the assignment. Homework Assignment #3 Due: 15th April (Wednesday)‚ 6pm 1. A lender plans to invest $100m for 150 days‚ 60 days from today. (That is‚ if today is day 0‚ the loan will be initiated on day 60 and will mature on day 210.) The implied forward rate over
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Assignment #1 Question 1 Consider the following data. The column marked n gives the price today of one dollar delivered in half-year n‚ i.e.‚ of a zero coupon bond which pays $1 in half-year n. In the next two columns there are the cash flows of two bonds‚ A and B. Essentially‚ bond A pays a 20% semi-annual coupon and bond B pays a 10% semi-annual coupon. Both bonds mature in 2.5 years‚ when each also pays its principal of 100. Assume semi-annual compounding. Half Year 1 2 3 4 5 n
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