You are considering investing in a bond that matures 20 years from now (the par value of the bond is $1,000). It pays an annual end-of-year coupon rate of interest of 9.65 percent, or $96.5 per year. The bond currently sells for $890. Your marginal income tax rate (applied to interest payments) is 28 percent. Capital gains are taxed at the same rate as ordinary income. What is your after-tax rate of return if you buy this bond today and hold it until maturity? Use Table II and Table IV or a financial calculator to answer the question. Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

You bought one of Elkins Manufacturing Co.'s 6.8 percent coupon bonds one year ago for $1,054. These bonds make annual payments, mature 15 years from now, and have a par value of $1,000. Suppose you decide to sell your bonds today, when the required return on the bonds is 5 percent. If the inflation rate was 3.6 percent over the past year, what would be your total real return on the investment? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Total real return %

Fifteen years ago your grandfather purchased for you a 30-year $1,000 bond with a coupon rate of 10 percent. You now wish to sell the bond and read that yields are 8 percent. What price should you receive for the bond? Assume that the bond pays interest annually. Use Appendix B and Appendix D to answer the question. Round your answer to the nearest dollar.

You bought a $1,000 face value Suffolk County, NY 10-year bond with equal annual amortization. A) How much principal will you receive each year? B) If the coupon rate is 4.3%/year, how much interest will you receive in year 1 and year 2?

You have just purchased a municipal bond with a $10,000 par value for $9,500. You purchased it immediately after the previous owner received a semiannual interest payment. The bond rate is 6.6% per year payable semiannually. You plan to hold the bond for 3 years, selling the bond immediately after you receive the interest payment. If your desired nominal yield is 4% per year compounded semiannually, what will be your minimum selling price for the bond?

You have just purchased a municipal bond with a $10,000 par value for $9,500. You purchased it immediately after the previous owner received a semiannual interest payment. The bond rate is 6.6% per year payable semiannually. You plan to hold the bond for 3 years, selling the bond immediately after you receive the interest payment. If your desired nominal yield is 9% per year compounded semiannually, what will be your minimum selling price for the bond? $ 13450 Carry all interim calculations to 5 decimal places and then round your final answer to the nearest dollar. The tolerance is ±5.

If the owners choose to invest in bonds instead, they look at a $136,125.00 bond set to mature in 9 years with a bond rate of 2.00%, payable semi-annually. The market rate is 5.40%, compounded semi-annually. The owners will only purchase the bond if they can afford it with their savings ($123,750.00), and they can get the bond at a discount because they think the market rate will go down, potentially making the bond more valuable in the future. 2. Calculate the purchase price of the bond if it is purchased today (9 years before maturity). 3. Do the owners have enough money to buy their bond? Will they make the purchase?

You just bought a bond (M=$1000, CR=10%, n=20 years, semiannual coupon pay yielding 10.5%. If you sell the bond one year from today when the yield is 9.75%, what would be your realized (actual) rate of return (before-tax)? 16.996%

You just bought a newly issued bond which has a face value of $1,000 and pays its coupon once annually. Its coupon rate is 6%, maturity is 20 years and the yield to maturity for the bond is currently 8%. Suppose that one year after you bought the bond, the yield to maturity of the bond declines to 7%. Find the (before-tax) total dollar return (dollar returns from the coupon payment and capital gains) for the one-year investment period.

Suppose your marginal federal income tax rate is 25 percent. 1. What is your after-tax return from holding a one-year corporate bond with a yield of 5.25 percent? (1 pt) 2. What is your after-tax return from a holding a one-year municipal bond with a yield of 4 percent? (1 pt) 3. How would you decide which bond to hold? (Assume that Both bonds carry the same risk.) (1 pt)