firm plans to issue a 15-year bond. So it needs to estimate the initial bond yield (coupon rate) at this bond issuance with the following information: the 10-year treasury bond yield is 3.8%, the inflation premium (IP) is 2.0%, the liquidity premium (LP) is 0.8%, the default risk premium (DRP) is 1.2%, and the maturity risk premium (MRP) is 0.5%. Group of answer choices 4.5% 5.8% 6.3% 5.1%

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A firm plans to issue a 15-year bond. So it needs to estimate the initial bond yield (coupon rate) at this bond issuance with the following information: the 10-year treasury bond yield is 3.8%, the inflation premium (IP) is 2.0%, the liquidity premium (LP) is 0.8%, the default risk premium (DRP) is 1.2%, and the maturity risk premium (MRP) is 0.5%.

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6.3%

5.1%       

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