8. Bond Pricing. A 6-year Circular File bond with face value $1,000 pays interest once a year of $80 and sells for $950. (LO6-2) a. What is its coupon rate'? b. What is its yield to maturity? c. If Circular wants to issue a new 6-year bond at face value, what coupon rate must the bond offer?

4. Suppose that the market rate of interest is 12 per cent on a government bond with a perpetuity payment, which is a coupon value (annual payment) of £6 per year indefinitely. The face value of the loan is £100. a) Define and calculate the price of the bond? Answers.. b) At what yield (or rate) will the loan be trading at par? Explain whether it is trading above or below par in a). Answers... c) Assume that the rate of interest is 'expected' to drop to 3 per cent, derive and calculate the rate of capital gain (or loss)? Answers . d) Derive and explain the expression for the number of bonds held representing the amount of money spent on bonds (B) with the corresponding mean rate of return (HR). Answers.. e) Imagine that W = £40,000, what is the amount spend on bonds, B', if the standard deviation (SD) of earnings (s) is equal to 0.10 with a 3,000,the SD of the total return on bonds, SR. What is the money holding, which is M*? Answers.. Find the mean return on bonds with u = 1. Answer..

(Related to Checkpoint​ 9.4)  ​(Bond valuation) A bond that matures in 8 years has a ​$1,000 par value. The annual coupon interest rate is 13 percent and the​ market's required yield to maturity on a​ comparable-risk bond is 16 percent. What would be the value of this bond if it paid interest​ annually? What would be the value of this bond if it paid interest​ semiannually?       Question content area bottom Part 1 a.  The value of this bond if it paid interest annually would be ​$enter your response here. ​(Round to the nearest​ cent.) Part 2 b.  The value of this bond if it paid interest semiannually would be ​$enter your response here. ​(Round to the nearest​ cent.)

Question 2 a. A bond that matures in one year has a $500 face value and a $60 coupon. What is the price of the bond if the interest rate is 6 percent and the bond was purchased by the present owner for $450? b. A bond that matures in two years has a face value equal to F and a coupon equal to R. Suppose that the yield to maturity, i, is such that i = ( R / F ). The price of the bond equals... F F/(1+i) F(1+i) F/i Answer both otherwise don't do that I will Dounvote

BASIC (Questions 1-17) 1. Interpreting Bond Yields Is the yield to maturity on a bond the same thing as the required return? Is YTM the same thing as the coupon rate? Suppose today a 10 percent coupon bond sells at par. Two years from now, the required return on the same bond is 8 percent. What is the coupon rate on the bond now? The YTM? LO 2 LO 2 2. Interpreting Bond Yields Suppose vou buy a 7 percent counon 20-vear