Which of the following statements about sinking fund is NOT true?   A Sinking fund provision facilitates the orderly retirement of the bond issue.   B A company would prefer to use sinking fund to call bond if interest rate is below the coupon rate.   C A company would use

These are corporate bonds that have  a higher rate of return with a higher level of risk? Group of answer choices Revenue  bonds Junk bonds  GOBs Tax increment  bonds

What are the characteristics of a zero-coupon bond, and why do investors purchase them despite the fact that they pay no interest?

Which of the following statement is wrong? Group of answer choices a)the coupon rate of a newly issued bond is generally set equal to the required rate on bonds of equal risk. b)Since short-term interest is more volatile than the long-term interest rate, the price risk of short-term bond is more than that of the long-term bond c)The required rate of return for AAA bond is lower than that of an AA bond d)Sinking funds are provisions included in bond indentures that require companies to retire bonds on a scheduled basis prior to their final maturity.