Assume that you are considering the purchase of a 11-year, noncallable bond with an annual coupon rate of 8.90%. The bond has a face value of $1000, and it makes semiannual interest payments. If you require an 13.90% yield to maturity on this investment, what is the maximum price you should be willing to pay for the bond?

Consider a 30-year bond with a 10% coupon rate (annual payments) and a $100 face va the initial price of this bond if it has a 5% yield to maturity? If the yield to maturity is un will the price be immediately before and after the first coupon is paid?

Suppose you are interested in buying a 1.5% semi-annual coupon treasury bond maturing in exactly 10 years. You think appropriate discount rate for this bond (aka yield to maturity or YTM) is 3%. How much should you pay for this bond if its par value is $1,000?

Suppose you purchase a 10-year bond with 6% annual coupons. You hold the bond for four years and sell it immediately after receiving the fourth coupon. If the bond's yield to maturity was 4.01% when you purchased and sold the bond, a. What cash flows will you pay and receive from your investment in the bond per $100 face value? b. What is the internal rate of return of your investment? Note: Assume annual compounding. The cash flow at time 1-3 is $ (Round to the nearest cent. Enter a cash outflow as a negative number.) (Round to the nearest cent. Enter a cash outflow as a negative number.) The cash outflow at time 0 is $ The total cash flow at time 4 (after the fourth coupon) is $ negative number.) b. What is the internal rate of return of your investment? (Round to the nearest cent. Enter a cash outflow as a

Bond X is noncallable and has 20 years to maturity, a 9% annual coupon, and a $1,000 par value. Your required return on Bond X is 8%; if you buy it, you plan to hold it for 5 years. You (and the market) have expectations that in 5 years, the yield to maturity on a 15-year bond with similar risk will be 10.5%. How much should you be willing to pay for Bond X today? (Hint: You will need to know how much the bond will be worth at the end of 5 years.) Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest cent.

You are considering buying a bond that pay 20 semi-annual coupons of $ 50 over the remaining maturity period. If the bond has the par value of $ 1,000 and you require 11% yield, what would be the price you would want to pay for the bond?

Answer this question using the Par Value formula and showing all work. You have been given the following information for an existing bond that provides coupon payments.   Par Value:  $2000 Coupon rate:  6% Maturity:  4 years Required rate of return:  6%. What is the Present Value (PV) of the bond? If the required rate of return by investors were 11% instead of 6%, what would the Present Value of the bond be? Look at the same Par Value $2,000 Same Coupon rate:  6% Maturity:  10 years Required rate of return: 7% What is the Present Value of the Bond now? Explain how the longer maturities and higher required rate of return by investors affects the bond valuation.

Assume you can buy a bond that has a par value of $1000, matures in 10 years, yielding 6% and has a duration of 5. If you would like to use this bond to form a guaranteed investment contract “GIC” and offer a guaranteed rate of return to investors for certain years. a. what is the maximum yield you can offer? Why? Explain. b. For how many years would you make the guarantee? Explain.

As an investor with a two-year desired holding period, you have the option of buying a one-year fixed coupon bond now yielding 12% or a two-year fixed coupon bond yielding 11%. If the current forward rate of interest on future one-year bonds to be delivered one year hence were 9%, which investment would you select?

For the following questions, assume the normal case that coupon payments are semi-annual. a. What is the yield to maturity on a 12-year, 6.2% coupon bond if the bond is currently selling for $1,000? b. For the bond above, suppose that immediately after purchase market rates change to 3.60%. If you hold the bond for 4 years and then sell it, what is your effective annual return on this investment? % (enter response rounded to decimal places; i.e., x.xx%) b. Your effective annual return is % (enter response rounded to decimal places; i.e., x.xx%) a. The YTM is