need assistance with these concepts: When interest rates ________ the market required rates of return ______ and the bond prices will _________ .
I need assistance with these concepts:
- When interest rates ________ the market required
rates of return ______ and thebond prices will _________ . - XYZ Inc. issued 20-yr bonds which pay semi-annual coupons of $60 and is currently selling at $1,000. The firm has decided to raise new funds using bond financing with maturity of 10 years, par value of $1,000 and semi-annual coupons of $80. How many new bonds must XYZ Inc. issue to raise a sum of $10,000,000 in case if we assume that both bonds have the same interest rate. Rounded to the nearest whole number.
- The face value for WICB Limited bonds is $250,000 and has a 6 percent annual coupon. The 6 percent annual coupon bonds matures in 2035, and it is now 2020. Interest on these bonds is paid annually on December 31 of each year, and new annual coupon bonds with similar risk and maturity are currently yielding 10 percent. How much should Karen sell her bonds today?
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Your best friend Sam is in discussion with you about saving for his retirement. You are to advise him on how much he should deposit annually to meet his retirement needs. Assume that he will deposit a fixed annual amount for the next 20 years into a retirement savings account, starting one year from now. Sam has a son who will be attending college and plans to make 5 withdrawals (starting one year after making his final deposit into the retirement account) of $35,500 to pay for his annual tuition for the following 5 years. Commercial Banks will be paying 6 percent on such retirement accounts for the next 25 years.
Kindly advise Sam on how much he should place in the account annually to cover his retirement needs.
(Answer rounded to 2 decimal dollar)
Sam should deposit $ __________every year into the account.
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Your grandfather left an inheritance for you of $100,000. However you can only drawdown on the investment as follows:
Years 1 – 3 $15,000 each year
Year 4 to 6 $10,000 each year
Year 7 $25,000
Interest on the fund is 5%.
a) What is the present worth of this inheritance?
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Maryann is planning a wedding anniversary gift of a trip to Hawaii for her husband at the end of 3 years. She will have enough to pay for the trip if she invests $2,500 per year until that anniversary and plans to make her first $2,500 investment on their first anniversary. Assume her investment earns a 4 percent interest rate, how much will she have saved for their trip if the interest is compounded in each of the following ways?
- Annually $_______
- Quarterly $_________
- Monthly $ _________
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