The risk-free rate is 5% per year and a corporate bond yields 6% per year. Assuming a recovery rate of 75% on the corporate bond and 0.8% risk premium for a risk-averse investor, what is the approximate market-implied one-year probability of default of the corporate bond? a. 1% b. 0.8%

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b. Suppose you are considering two possible investment opportunities: a 12-year Treasury bond and a 7-year, AA-rated corporate band. The current real risk-free rate is 5%, and inflation is expected to be 2% for the next 2 years, 3% for the following 4 years, and 4% thereafter. The maturity risk premium is estimated by this formula: MRP = 0.03 (t-1) %. The liquidity premium (LP) for the corporate bond is estimated to be 0.2%. You may determine the default risk premium (DRP), given the company's bond rating, from the following table. Remember to subtract the bond's LP from the corporate spread given in the table to arrive at the bond's DRP. Rate 0.83% 1.03 1.35 1.73 Corporate Bond Yield Spread = DRP + LP U.S. Treasury AAA corporate 0.20% AA corporate 0.52 A corporate 0.90 What yield would you predict for each of these two investments? Round your answers to three decimal places, 12-year Treasury yield: 7-year Corporate yield: % %

The term structure for zero-coupon bonds is currently: Maturity (Years) YTM (%) 1 5.2% 2 6.2 3 7.2 Next year at this time, you expect it to be: Maturity (Years) YTM (%) 1 6.2% 2 7.2 3 8.2 Required: What do you expect the rate of return to be over the coming year on a 3-year zero-coupon bond? Under the expectations theory, what yields to maturity does the market expect to observe on 1- and 2-year zeros at the end of the year? Is the market's expectation of the return on the 3-year bond greater or less than yours?