You are offered an 6 year bond issued by Fordson, at a price of $943.22. The bond has a coupon rate of 9% and pays the couponsemiannually. Similar bonds in the market will yield 10% today. Do you buy the bonds at the offered price?Yes the bond is offered at a premium.O No, the bond offered is worth less than $943.22.Yes, the bond offered is being sold at a discount.O There is not enough information to determine.

To determine whether to buy the bond at the offered price, we need to calculate the bond's yield to…

You are offered an 6 year bond issued by Fordson, at a price of $943.22. The bond has a coupon rate of 9% and pays the coupon semiannually. Similar bonds in the market will yield 10% today. Do you buy the bonds at the offered price? O Yes the bond is offered at a premium. O No, the bond offered is worth less than $943.22. O Yes, the bond offered is being sold at a discount. O There is not enough information to determine.

You are offered an 6 year bond issued by Fordson, at a price of $943.22. The bond has a coupon rate of 9% and pays the coupon semiannually. Similar bonds in the market will yield 10% today. Do you buy the bonds at the offered price? O Yes the bond is offered at a premium. O No, the bond offered is worth less than $943.22. O Yes, the bond offered is being sold at a discount. O There is not enough information to determine.

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Bond A is a $1,000, 6% quarterly coupon bond with 5 years to maturity.(a) If you bought Bond A today at a yield (APR) of 8%, what is your purchase price? Is this apremium or discount bond? Why?)(b) One year later, Bond A's YTM (APR) has gone down to 6% and you sell it immediately afterreceiving the coupon.(i) What is the current yield? (ii) What is the capital gains yield? (iii) What is the one-year total rate of return (in APR) if the coupons are reinvested at 2%per quarter during the holding period? (iv) Can Bond A’s one-year total rate of return be determined correctly by simply adding upthe current yield and the capital gains yield? Explain your answer without calculations.(c) Consider two other bonds: Bond B and Bond C.Bond B: A $1,000, 7% quarterly coupon bond with 4 years to maturityBond C: A $1,000 zero coupon bond with 2 years to maturity(i) Without calculation, briefly explain which bond in the following pairs has higherinterest rate risk.1) Bond A vs. Bond B 2) Bond B vs.…
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