1. You purchase a 25-year, $1,000 bond with a coupon rate of 8 percent paid annually. The market rate almost immediately falls to 7 percent. a. What would be your rate of return if you had purchased the bonds with a margin requirement of 40 percent? b. What would be your rate of return if the interest rates increased, immediately after purchase, to 9 percent? I

1. You purchase a 25-year, $1,000 bond with a coupon rate of 8 percent paid annually. The market rate almost immediately falls to 7 percent. a. What would be your rate of return if you had purchased the bonds with a margin requirement of 40 percent? b. What would be your rate of return if the interest rates increased, immediately after purchase, to 9 percent? I

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Suppose that your firm issued a bond with 10 years until maturity, a face value of $1000, and a coupon rate of 7% (annual payments). The yield to maturity on this bond when it was issued was 6%. a) What is the holding period return for investors immediately BEFORE the first coupon payment? Now, Assume that this bond DOES NOT pay any coupon b) What was its price when it was issued?
You purchased a bond for 1,100. The bond has a coupon rate of 9 percent, which is paid semiannually. It matures in 17 years and has a par value of 1,000. What is your expected rate of return. How can i solve this with a financial calculator?
Suppose you purchased a ten-year, 8% coupon bond(annual coupon payment) at $980. Two years later, you decide to take a vacation and sell the bond to acquire the necessary funds. At the time you sell the bond, eight-year bonds with similar characteristics sell for yields of 9%. What is your realized yield on the bond?
3. What is the present value of a $20,000 payment you would receive 5 years from now, assuming an annual interest rate of 7%? 4. What is the future value 6 years from now of $15,000 you hold today when the annual interest rate is 4%? 5. What is the current price of a discount bond with a face value of $10,000 and an interest rate of 6%? 1
If you purchased a bond one year ago for $1000 and just sold it for $1100 after receiving the $50 annual coupon payment, then what was your real return on the investment if theinflation rate was 2.1% for the same year?
You are considering the purchase of a perpetual bond that pays you $174 per year for the foreseeable future. If you require a 5.85% rate of return on this bond investment, what is a fair price for the bond that you would be willing to pay today? To nearest $0.01
Suppose you are interested in buying a 1.5% semi-annual coupon treasury bond maturing in exactly 10 years. You think appropriate discount rate for this bond (aka yield to maturity or YTM) is 3%. How much should you pay for this bond if its par value is $1,000?
Assume you can buy a bond that has a par value of $1000, matures in 10 years, yielding 6% and has a duration of 5. If you would like to use this bond to form a guaranteed investment contract “GIC” and offer a guaranteed rate of return to investors for certain years. a. what is the maximum yield you can offer? Why? Explain. b. For how many years would you make the guarantee? Explain.
A. (1) Suppose that you have a bond with a face value of $1,000 and a coupon rate of 8% for one year and that you buy another one after one year. What will be your gain if the interest rate increases up to 10%? (2) Suppose that the expectations theory is true and that you can buy a three-year bond with an interest rate of 6% or three consecutive one-year bonds with interest rates of 4%, 5%, and 6%. Which option would you choose to undertake? Why? (3) One-year T-bill rates over the next five years are expected to be 4%, 5%, 6%, 6.5%, and 8%. If five-year T-bonds are yielding 13%, what is the liquidity premium on this bond?
Refer to Table 10-1, which is based on bonds paying 10 percent interest for 20 years. Assume interest rates in the market (yield to maturity) decline from 12 percent to 8 percent. a. What is the bond price at 12 percent? b. What is the bond price at 8 percent? c. What would be your percentage return on investment if you bought when rates were 12 percent and sold when rates were 8 percent? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)
Please show work You want to purchase a bond that will pay you $300 per year for the next four years. If the annual interest rate is 4%, then what is the price of your bond if the market is in equilibrium? You buy a stock that is expected to pay a dividend of $300 per year for the next four years. If the discount rate is 5.5%, then what is the stock price in this case? Is this result the one you would expect when comparing this answer to the one you obtained in question 3? Why or why not?
4. You bought a 10-year, 5% coupon bond for $1,000 and sold it 1 year later for $1,100. What is the rate of return on your investment if the bond pays interest annually? If your marginal tax rate is 30%, and 50% of capital gains are taxable, what is the after-tax rate of return on your bond investment?

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