PRIN.OF CORPORATE FINANCE
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Chapter 26, Problem 26PS
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To discuss: Whether person X should purchase or sell this contract.
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To discuss: The way in which person X use bond futures contract to hedge.
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A bond promises a risk-free payment of $1000 in one year. The risk-free rate of interest is2.64%.
a) What is the price of the bond?
b) If the price of the bond is actually $960, what is the arbitrage strategy? Illustrate all cash flowstoday and one year from today.
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Two bonds A and B have the same credit rating, the same par value and the same coupon rate. Bond A has 30 years to maturity and bond B has five (5) years to maturity. Please demonstrate your understanding of interest rates risk by answering the following questions :a. Discuss which bond will trade at a higher price in the marketb. Discuss what happens to the market price of each bond if the interest rates in the economy go up.c. Which bond would have a higher percentage price change if interest rates go up?d. Please substantiate your argument with numerical examples.e. As a bond investor, if you expect a slowdown in the economy over the next 12 months, what would be your investment strategy?
Provide your explanations and definitions in detail and be precise.
The Chief Financial Officer of a company would like to raise money for new equipment by floating a new bond issue. The CFO would like to receive $1000 (full face value) for each of the bonds she sells. After collecting the below bond market data, and if the bonds carry a rating of A and have a term of 10 years, what coupon rate should be included in the bond contract? Assume an annual coupon payment.
Security& Rating Maturity Face Coupon Price
Treasury 1 $ 1,000 0.00% $ 965.00
Treasury 3 $ 1,000 1.90% $ 939.06
Treasury 5 $ 1,000 4.30% $ 932.42
Treasury 10 $ 1,000 6.80% $ 1,007.12
Treasury 15 $ 1,000 6.60% $ 908.25
CorpA A 5 $ 1,000 8.10% $ 990.00
CorpB BB 10 $ 1,000 7.90% $ 859.88
CorpC AA 15 $ 1,000 7.00% $ 660.00
Chapter 26 Solutions
PRIN.OF CORPORATE FINANCE
Ch. 26 - Vocabulary check Define the following terms: a....Ch. 26 - Prob. 2PSCh. 26 - Catastrophe bonds On some catastrophe bonds,...Ch. 26 - Futures and options A gold-mining firm is...Ch. 26 - Prob. 5PSCh. 26 - Prob. 6PSCh. 26 - Futures contracts List some of the commodity...Ch. 26 - Prob. 8PSCh. 26 - Futures prices Calculate the value of a six-month...Ch. 26 - Futures prices In December 2017, six-month futures...
Ch. 26 - Prob. 11PSCh. 26 - Prob. 13PSCh. 26 - Prob. 15PSCh. 26 - Prob. 16PSCh. 26 - Prob. 17PSCh. 26 - Convenience yield In March 2018, six-month bitcoin...Ch. 26 - Prob. 19PSCh. 26 - Prob. 20PSCh. 26 - Total return swaps Is a total return swap on a...Ch. 26 - Prob. 22PSCh. 26 - Prob. 23PSCh. 26 - Hedging What is meant by delta () in the context...Ch. 26 - Hedging You own a 1 million portfolio of aerospace...Ch. 26 - Prob. 26PSCh. 26 - Prob. 27PSCh. 26 - Prob. 28PSCh. 26 - Hedging Price changes of two gold-mining stocks...Ch. 26 - Prob. 30PSCh. 26 - Prob. 31PSCh. 26 - Prob. 32PSCh. 26 - Prob. 33PSCh. 26 - You are a vice president of Rensselaer Advisers...
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