A company's 5-year bonds are yielding 8.35% per year. Treasury bonds with the same maturity are yielding 7.15% per year, and the real risk-free rate (r*) is 2.90%. The average inflation premium is 3.85%, and the maturity risk premium is estimated to be 0.1 x (t - 1)%, where t = number of years to maturity. If the liquidity premium is 0.9%, what is the default risk premium on the corporate bonds? Round your answer to two decimal places.

Suppose you are considering two possible investment opportunities: a 12-year Treasury bond and a 7-year, A-rated corporate bond. The current real risk-free rate is 3%, and inflation is expected to be 2% for the next 2 years, 3% for the following 4 years, and 4% thereafter. The maturity risk premium is estimated by this formula: MRP = 0.02(t - 1)%. The liquidity premium (LP) for the corporate bond is estimated to be 0.3%. You may determine the default risk premium (DRP), given the company's bond rating, from the following table. Remember to subtract the bond's LP from the corporate spread given in the table to arrive at the bond's DRP.       Corporate Bond Yield   Rate Spread = DRP + LP U.S. Treasury 0.83 % — AAA corporate 1.03   0.20 % AA corporate 1.39   0.56   A corporate 1.79   0.96     What yield would you predict for each of these two investments? Round your answers to three decimal places. 12-year Treasury yield: fill in the blank _ % 7-year Corporate yield: fill…

Calculating interest rates The real risk-free rate (r*) is 2.8% and is expected to remain constant. Inflation is expected to be 8% per year for each of the next five years and 7% thereafter. The maturity risk premium (MRP) is determined from the formula: 0.1(t – 1)%, where t is the security’s maturity. The liquidity premium (LP) on all Smith and Carter Inc.’s bonds is 1.05%. The following table shows the current relationship between bond ratings and default risk premiums (DRP): Rating Default Risk Premium U.S. Treasury — AAA 0.60% AA 0.80% A 1.05% BBB 1.45% Q1. Smith and Carter Inc. issues fifteen-year, AA-rated bonds. What is the yield on one of these bonds? Disregard cross-product terms; that is, if averaging is required, use the arithmetic average. a. 12.33% b. 13.38% c. 6.05% d. 11.98% Q2. Based on your understanding of the determinants of interest rates, if everything else remains the same, which of the following will be true? Option a. A BBB-rated bond has a…

A company's 5-year bonds are yielding 9% per year. Treasury bonds with the same maturity are yielding 5.1% per year, and the real risk-free rate (r*) is 2.35%. The average inflation premium is 2.35%, and the maturity risk premium is estimated to be 0.1 × (t - 1)%, where t = number of years to maturity. If the liquidity premium is 0.9%, what is the default risk premium on the corporate bonds? Round your answer to two decimal places.