You are considering an investment in 30-year bonds issued by Moore Corporation. The bonds have no special covenants. The Wall Street Journal reports that 1-year T-bills are currently earning 1.50 percent. Your broker has determined the following information abou economic activity and Moore Corporation bonds: Real risk-free rate = 0.50% Default risk premium = 1.40% Liquidity risk premium = 1.00% Maturity risk premium = 2.00% a. What is the inflation premium? b. What is the fair interest rate on Moore Corporation 30-year bonds? Note: Round your percentage answers to 2 decimal places (ie., 0.1234 should be entered as 12.34). Expected inflation premium Fair interest rate

A company issues a bond with a par value of $500,000 and a contract rate of 5%. Explain the concept of market rate. Why would a company issue a bond at a discount or a premium? How is bond price impacted? If the bond is issued at a discount or a premium, does it impact the interest or principal paid? Why or why not? (Answer in 5-10 sentences)

An insurance company is analyzing two bonds and is using duration as the measure of interest rate risk. Both the bonds trade at a yield to maturity of 8 percent, have $10,000 par values, and have five years to maturity. The bonds differ only in the amount of annual coupon interest that they pay: 5 and 7 percent. What is the duration for each five-year bond?

Katle Pairy Fruits Incorporated has a $2,400 16-year bond outstanding with a nominal yield of 17 percent (coupon equals 17% × $2,400 = $408 per year). Assume that the current market required interest rate on similar bonds is now only 12 percent. Use Appendix B and Appendix D for an approximate answer but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods. a. Compute the current price of the bond. Note: Do not round Intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to 2 decimal places. Assume Interest payments are annual. Current price of the bond b. Find the present value of 5 percent × $2,400 (or $120) for 16 years at 12 percent. The $120 is assumed to be an annual payment. Add this value to $2,400. Note: Do not round Intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to 2 decimal places. Assume Interest payments are annual. Present value

In mid-2012, Ralston Purina had AA-rated, 10-year bonds outstanding with a yield to maturity of 1.53%. a. What is the highest expected return these bonds could have? b. At the time, similar maturity Treasuries had a yield of 0.53%. Could these bonds actually have an expected return equal to your answer in part (a)? c. If you believe Ralston Purina's bonds have 0.8% chance of default per year, and that expected loss rate in the event of default is 54%, what is your estimate of the expected return for these bonds? a. What is the highest expected return these bonds could have? The highest expected return these bonds could have is%. (Round to two decimal places.)

San Miguel Company's 18-year, $1,000 par value bonds pay 6.5 percent interest annually. The market price of the bond is $1,105, and your required rate of return is 8.5 percent. a. Compute the bond's expected rate of return. b. Determine the value of the bond to you given your required rate or return. c. Should you purchase the bond? Why or why not? (*You must show your calculation process as well.)

Which of the following are short-term financial instruments?  Select one: a.  A banker's acceptance.b. A bond with five years maturity c.Share of Raysut cement d.None of these

(Related to Checkpoint 9.2) (Yield to maturity) The Saleemi Corporation's $1,000 bonds pay 7 percent interest annually and have 14 years until maturity. You can purchase the bond for $915. a. What is the yield to maturity on this bond? b. Should you purchase the bond if the yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond is 7 percent? a. The yield to maturity on the Saleemi bonds is %. (Round to two decimal places.)

Suppose that the current one-year rate (one-year spot rate) and expected one-year government bonds over years 2, 3 and 4 are as follows: 1R1 = 4.80%, E(201) = 5.45%, E(3r1) = 5.95%, E(41) = 6.10% Assume that there are no liquidity premiums. To the nearest basis point, what is the current rate for the four-year-maturity government bond? < A. 5.57% B. 5.62% C. 5.83% D. 6.10%

An investor is considering between purchasing a Treasury Bond and a bond from a large corporation. Both bonds have a face value of $1,000. The Treasury Bond has no risk, while the corporate bond has a 10% change of not repaying (a default). Both bonds are 2-year bonds and don't pay any coupons, only the final payment at maturity. a) Assuming that the interest rate in year 1 is 10% and in year 2 is expected to be 5%, what is the current price of each bond? Why are the values different? b) Now assume that the investor purchased the Treasury Bond a year has passed. How much can this bond be sold for if the interest rate is confirmed at 5%? c) Continue assuming that the investor purchased the Treasury Bond a year has passed. If the investor is offered the corporate bond for $800, should it be purchased? Explain.