Assume that you are considering the purchase of a 15-year, noncallable bond with an annual coupon rate of 9.55%.  The bond has a face value of $1000, and it makes semiannual interest payments.  If you require an 12.50%  yield to maturity on this investment, what is the maximum price you should be willing to pay for the bond?Round your answer to two decimal places. For example, if your answer is $345.6671 round as 345.67 and if your answer is .05718 or 5.7182% round as 5.72.   A. $673.92 B. $802.29 C. $689.97 D. $874.49 E. $665.90

You are considering investing in a zero coupon bond that will pay you its face value of$1000 in ten years. If the bond is currently selling for $485.20, whag is the IRR for investing in this bond?

Assume that you are considering the purchase of a 30-year, noncallable bond with an annual coupon rate of 9.0%. The bond has a face value of $1,000, and it makes semiannual interest payments. If you require an 9.0% nominal yield to maturity on this investment, what is the maximum price you should be willing to pay for the bond?

Assume that you are considering the purchase of a 25-year, noncallable bond with an annual coupon rate of 9.0%. The bond has a face value of $1,000, and it makes semiannual interest payments. If you require a 10.8% nominal yield to maturity on this investment, what is the maximum price you should be willing to pay for the bond?

Bond X is noncallable and has 20 years to maturity, an 8% annual coupon, and a $1,000 par value. Your required return on Bond X is 7%; 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 7.5%. 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 the purchase of a coupon bond with a face value of $1,000, which matures in 14 years, and pays 4.15% (annual) coupons. If you require a return of 3.50% on this instrument, how much would you offer to pay for it today? [Present the answer rounded to two decimal places, e.g. 1035.16]

You are considering the purchase of a Coupon Bond with a Face Value of $1,000, which matures in sixteen years, and pays 4.65% (annual) coupons. If the bond is trading in the market at $886.90, what is the Yield-to- Maturity (YTM) on the investment? (The answer is a percent, round your answer to two decimal places, e.g. 4.75) Numeric Response

How much would you pay for a perpetual bond that pays an annual coupon of $200 per year and yields on competing instruments are 10%? You would pay $ 2000. (Round your response to the nearest penny) If competing yields are expected to change to 12%, what is the current yield on this same bond assuming that you paid $2,000? The current yield is 10%. (Round your response to the nearest integer.) If you sell this bond in exactly one year, having paid $2,000, and received exactly one coupon payment, what is your total return if competing yields are 12%? Your total return is %. (Round your response to two decimal places)

You are considering the purchase of a Zero Coupon Bond with a Face Value of $100,000, which matures in six years. In the markets this bond is selling for $81,097.58. If you purchase the bond at this price what is the Yield-to-Maturity (YTM) on the investment? (The answer is a percent, round your answer to two decimal places, e.g. 4.75) Numeric Response

You have the choice between a convertible bond and a non-convertible bond for investment. Both offer you a coupon rate of 2.5% per year with semi-annual compounding. The remaining maturity for both bonds is 7.5 years. The price for the non-convertible bond is 99.7. Would you pay more or less for the convertible bond? Why?