A particular security's default risk premium is 3.70 percent. For all securities, the inflation risk premium is 2.45 percent and the real interest rate is 3.10 percent. The security's liquidity risk premium is .80 percent and maturity risk premium is .95 percent.The security has no special covenants. What is the security's equilibrium rate of return?

Coupon payments are fixed, but the percentage return that investors receive varies based on market conditions. This percentage return is referred to as the bond’s yield. Q1. Yield to maturity (YTM) is the rate of return expected from a bond held until its maturity date. However, the YTM equals the expected rate of return under certain assumptions. Which of the following is one of those assumptions? a. The bond is callable. b. The probability of default is zero. Consider the case of RTE Inc:  Q2. RTE Inc. has 9% annual coupon bonds that are callable and have 18 years left until maturity. The bonds have a par value of $1,000, and their current market price is $1,130.35. However, RTE Inc. may call the bonds in eight years at a call price of $1,060. What are the YTM and the yield to call (YTC) on RTE Inc.’s bonds?   Value YTM ? YTC ? Q3. If interest rates are expected to remain constant, what is the best estimate of the remaining life left for RTE Inc.’s bonds? a. 8 years b. 10…

A particular security's default risk premium is 3 percent. For all securities, the inflation risk premium is 2.75 percent and the real risk - free rate is 2.90 percent. The security's liquidity risk premium is 0.25 percent and maturity risk premium is 0.85 percent. The security has no special covenants. Calculate the security's equilibrium rate of return.

The process of bond valuation is based on the fundamental concept that the current price of a security can be determined by calculating the present value of the cash flows that the security will generate in the future. There is a consistent and predictable relationship between a bond’s coupon rate, its par value, a bondholder’s required return, and the bond’s resulting intrinsic value. Trading at a discount, trading at a premium, and trading at par refer to particular relationships between a bond’s intrinsic value and its par value. This also results from the relationship between a bond’s coupon rate and a bondholder’s required rate of return. (1) Remember, a bond’s coupon rate partially determines the interest-based return that a bond ________ pay, and a bondholder’s required return reflects the return that a bondholder (2) ___________to receive from a given investment. The mathematics of bond valuation imply a predictable relationship between the bond’s coupon rate, the bondholder’s…