You are analyzing the cost of debt for a firm. You know that the firm’s 14-year maturity, 8.6 percent coupon bonds are selling at a price of $849.00. The bonds pay interest semiannually. If these bonds are the only debt outstanding for the firm, answer the following questions. What is the current YTM of the bonds? (round intermediate calculations to 4 decimal places, and final answer to 0 decimal places) What is the after-tax cost of debt for this firm if it has a 30 percent marginal and average tax rate? (Round final answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25%.)

Jingle Bells’ bonds are being sold for $980.80, and their coupon rate is 6%, with annual payments. If the maturity of those bonds is in exactly 48 semesters from now, and the face value of each bond is $1,000, calculate the bonds’ YTM.  Please don't use the excel Formula "RATE" to calculate YTM

Nikita Enterprises has bonds on the market making annual payments, with eleven years to maturity, a par value of $1,000, and selling for $970. At this price, the bonds yield 7 percent. What must the coupon rate be on the bonds? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Coupon rate I%

For the next three questions (1-3) assume what follows: Assume that you acquired a previously issued debt instrument. According to its specifications, it promised to pay $1,000 precisely in two years from the day of its original issue. At the time it was issued, investors anticipated 8.00% in interest on instruments with similar characteristics and risk level. *Note, standard rounding rules apply to all calculations! Q1. What price did you have to pay for this security - under assumption that you acquired it in a secondary market precisely three months after its original issuing, and taking into account that at the time of your acquisition investors anticipated to earn 10.00% in interest on securities with similar features and risk characteristics? A). $857.34 B). $846.37 3000K AS