Four years ago, Vulcan Ltd. issued a 20-year $1000 par value bond that pays $40 semi-annual coupon payments. The annual required rate of return on these bonds today is 10 percent.  a)Is this bond currently sell at par, discount or premium? Why?  b)Normally, whether the yield to maturity (YTM) is expressed as annual percentage rate (APR) or effective annual rate (EAR)?   c)What is the current bond price?

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Four years ago, Vulcan Ltd. issued a 20-year $1000 par value bond that pays $40 semi-annual coupon payments.

The annual required rate of return on these bonds today is 10 percent. 

a)Is this bond currently sell at par, discount or premium? Why? 
b)Normally, whether the yield to maturity (YTM) is expressed as annual percentage rate (APR) or effective annual rate (EAR)?  
c)What is the current bond price

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