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The 15 year, $1,000 par value bonds of Waco industries pay 9 percent interest annually. The market price of the bond is $935, and the market’s required yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond is 11 percent.
a. Compute the bond’s yield to maturity.
b. Determine the value of the bond to you given the market’s required yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond.
c. Should you purchase the bond?
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a. What is your yield to maturity on the Waco bonds given the current market price of the bonds? ____ % (Round to two decimal places) Sent from my iPhone
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