A firm’s bonds have a maturity of 8 years with a $1,000 face value,have an 11% semiannual coupon, are callable in 4 years at $1,154, and currently sell at aprice of $1,283.09. What are their nominal yield to maturity and their nominal yield to call?What return should investors expect to earn on these bonds?

A firm has liabilities of $98 in one year, $100 in two years, and $107 in three years. The firm exactly matches its liabilities by purchasing the following zero or annual coupon bonds redeemable at par:   Bond Maturity Par Value Coupon Rate Effective Yield   A 1 year 100 5% 3%   B 2 years 100 0% 4%   C 3 years 100 4% 5%   Find the number of units of Bond A that must be purchased to match the liabilities exactly.   (A) 0.894   (B) 0.897   (C) 0.913   (D) 0.933   (E) 0.959

A 2-year maturity bond with face value of $1,000 makes annual coupon payments of $88 and is selling at face value. What will be the rate of return on the bond if its yield to maturity at the end of the year is: Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. a. 6% b. 8.8% c. 10.8% Rate of Return % % %

D4) Suppose that there is 30-year coupon bond with par value of $100 and Macaulay duration of 20.56. The coupon rate is unknown. Currently, the bond is traded at $90 and the yield is flat at 20% pa. Yield to maturity is an annualized simple interest rate compounded annually. If the bond yield increases by 50 basis points, what is the approximation of the percentage capital gain or loss? Please choose the correct range for the percentage capital gain/loss, i.e., if it is -3.5%, please select “A value between -3% and -4%” A value between -9% and -10% A value between -8% and -9% None of the other answers are correct. A value between -7% and -8% A value between -10% and -11%

A treasury bond with $100 maturity face value has a $9 annual coupon, and 15 years left to maturity. What price will the bond sell for assuming that the 15 year yield to maturity in the market is 4%, 9%, and 14% respectively. (Show working out) Explain whether the price movements would have been greater or smaller if a 10 year bond had been used rather than a 15 year one without any further calculations.

A firm's bonds have a maturity of 12 years with a $1,000 face value, have an 11% semiannual coupon, are callable in 6 years at $1,209.43, and currently sell at a price of $1,365.89. What are their nominal yield to maturity and their nominal yield to call? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to two decimal places. YTM: % YTC: % What return should investors expect to earn on these bonds? I. Investors would expect the bonds to be called and to earn the YTC because the YTC is less than the YTM. II. Investors would expect the bonds to be called and to earn the YTC because the YTC is greater than the YTM. III. Investors would not expect the bonds to be called and to earn the YTM because the YTM is greater than the YTC. IV. Investors would not expect the bonds to be called and to earn the YTM because the YTM is less than the YTC.

A 2-year maturity bond with face value of $1,000 makes annual coupon payments of $116 and is selling at face value. What will be rate of return on the bond if its yield to maturity at the end of the year is: Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. a. 6% b. 11.6% c. 13.6% Rate of Return % % %

A firm's bonds have a maturity of 12 years with a $1,000 face value, have an 11% semiannual coupon, are callable in 6 years at $1,211.14, and currently sell at a price of $1,370.78. What are their nominal yield to maturity and their nominal yield to call? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to two decimal places. YTM:   % YTC:   % What return should investors expect to earn on these bonds? Investors would not expect the bonds to be called and to earn the YTM because the YTM is greater than the YTC. Investors would not expect the bonds to be called and to earn the YTM because the YTM is less than the YTC. Investors would expect the bonds to be called and to earn the YTC because the YTC is less than the YTM. Investors would expect the bonds to be called and to earn the YTC because the YTC is greater than the YTM.

A bond that matures in13years has a$1,000par value. The annual coupon interest rate is8percent and the​ market's required yield to maturity on a​ comparable-risk bond is12percent. 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?

A firm's bonds have a maturity of 8 years with a $1,000 face value, have an 8% semlannual coupon, are callable in 4 years at $1,048.54, and currently sell at a price of $1,094.91. What are their nominal yield to maturity and their nominal yield to call? Do not round Intermediate calculations. Round your answers to two decimal places. YTM: YTC: What return should investors expect to earn on these bonds? I. Investors would not expect the bonds to be called and to earn the YTM because the YTM is greater than the YTC. II. Investors would not expect the bonds to be called and to earn the YTM because the YTM is less than the YTC. III. Investors would expect the bonds to be called and to earn the YTC because the YTC is less than the YTM. IV. Investors would expect the bonds to be called and to earn the YTC because the YTC is greater than the YTM. -Select-