Suppose that you are interested in purchasing a bond issued by the VPI Corporation. The bond is quoted in the Wall Street Journal as selling for 89.665. How much will you pay for the bond if you purchase it at the quoted price? Assuming you hold the bond until maturity, how much will you receive at that time? If you purchase the bond at the quoted price, you would pay $ Assuming you hold the bond until maturity, you would receive $ (Round to the nearest cent) (Round to the nearest dollar)

Suppose that you are interested in purchasing a bond issued by the VPI Corporation. The bond is quoted in the Wall Street Journal as selling for 89.665. How much will you pay for the bond if you purchase it at the quoted price? Assuming you hold the bond until maturity, how much will you receive at that time? If you purchase the bond at the quoted price, you would pay $ Assuming you hold the bond until maturity, you would receive $ (Round to the nearest cent) (Round to the nearest dollar)

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As with most bonds, consider a bond with a face value of $1,000. The bond's maturity is 13 years, the coupon rate is 11% paid semiannually, and the market yield (discount rate) is 10%. What is the estimated value of this bond today? Enter your answer in terms of dollars and cents, rounded to 2 decimals, and without the dollar sign. That means, for example, that if your answer is $127.5678, you must enter 127.57
(Related to Checkpoint 9.2) (Yield to maturity) The Saleemi Corporation's $1,000 bonds pay 5 percent interest annually and have 12 years until maturity. You can purchase the bond for $1,125. a. What is the yield to maturity on this bond? b. Should you purchase the bond if the yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond is 5 percent?
You are considering an investment in 30-year bonds issued by Moore Corporation. The bonds have no special covenants. The Wall Street Journal reports that 1-year T-bills are currently earning 2.15 percent. Your broker has determined the following information about economic activity and Moore Corporation bonds:Real risk-free rate = 0.75%Default risk premium = 2.05%Liquidity risk premium = 1.40%Maturity risk premium = 2.65% What is the inflation premium? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Expected IP ______.__% What is the fair interest rate on Moore Corporation's 30-year bonds? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Fair Intrest Rate _______.__%
You are considering an investment in 30-year bonds issued by Moore Corporation. The bonds have no special covenants. The Wall Street Journal reports that 1-year T-bills are currently earning 1.50 percent. Your broker has determined the following information about economic activity and Moore Corporation bonds: Real risk-free rate = 0.50% Default risk premium = 1.40% Liquidity risk premium = 1.00% Maturity risk premium = 2.00% a. What is the inflation premium? b. What is the fair interest rate on Moore Corporation 30-year bonds? Note: Round your percentage answers to 2 decimal places (ie., 0.1234 should be entered as 12.34). Expected inflation premium Fair interest rate
You will be paying $12,200 a year in tuition expenses at the end of the next two years. Bonds currently yield 9%. Required: a. What are the present value and duration of your obligation? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round "Present value" to 2 decimal places and "Duration" to 4 decimal places.) b. What is the duration of a zero-coupon bond that would immunize your obligation and its future redemption value? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round "Duration" to 4 decimal places and "Future redemption value" to 2 decimal places.) c. Suppose you buy a zero-coupon bond with value and duration equal to your obligation. Now suppose that rates immediately increase to 10%. What happens to your net position, that is, to the difference between the value of the bond and that of your tuition obligation? (Enter your answer as a positive value. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) d. Suppose you buy a zero-coupon bond with value…
Suppose that today’s date is April 15. A bond with a 9% coupon paid semiannually every January 15 and July 15 is quoted as selling at an ask price of 101.143. If you buy the bond from a dealer today, what price will you pay for it? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
The U.S. Treasury offers to sell you a bond for $585.43. No payments will be made untilthe bond matures 10 years from now, at which time it will be redeemed for $1,000.What interest rate would you earn if you bought this bond for $585.43? What ratewould you earn if you could buy the bond for $550? For $600? (5.5%, 6.16%, 5.24%)
PICK ONE: Explain why YOU: Suppose that 6 months after you purchase the bond, the market rate for interest on this type of bond falls to 7.00%. This will cause the (coupon / market price / par value) to (fall / rise). From the issuer’s perspective, the lower interest rate means that he or she would be (worse / better) off issuing new bonds at this lower rate than continuing to pay you 9%.
San Miguel Company's 18-year, $1,000 par value bonds pay 6.5 percent interest annually. The market price of the bond is $1,105, and your required rate of return is 8.5 percent. a. Compute the bond's expected rate of return. b. Determine the value of the bond to you given your required rate or return. c. Should you purchase the bond? Why or why not? (*You must show your calculation process as well.)
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If you were to purchase a bond for $1,100 that paid $50 per year in dividends, what will be the current yield of your bond?
you invested in a corporate bond that has a market price today of R983.87and a yield to maturity of 7%. This bond has a modified duration of 5.3. You believe that interest rates are going to rise by 106 basis points. What price do you expect your bond to trade at if this anticipated change in the yield occurs?Use the duration rule to calculate your answer , in rands (R), correctto Two decimal places.

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