Assume Walmart issued $1,000 10-year bonds. The bonds sold for $924 and pay interest semiannually. The required rate of return (semi-annual effective rate) for the bonds is .03. What is the bond’s coupon rate, reported as an APR compounded semi-annually? Instruction: Round to three decimal places. E.g., if your answer is 0.0106465 or 1.06465%, you should type ONLY the number .011, neither 0.0106465, 0.0106, nor 1.065

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Assume Walmart issued $1,000 10-year bonds. The bonds sold for $924 and pay interest semiannually. The required rate of return (semi-annual effective rate) for the bonds is .03. What is the bond’s coupon rate, reported as an APR compounded semi-annually?

Instruction: Round to three decimal places. E.g., if your answer is 0.0106465 or 1.06465%, you should type ONLY the number .011, neither 0.0106465, 0.0106, nor 1.065. 

 

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Coupon Rate:

  • It represents the rate at which the interest payments are made to the bondholder by the issuer.
  • It is estimated by taking the division of annual coupon payment by the bond's par value.

 

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