Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
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Chapter 14, Problem 15QP
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To estimate: Whether the callable or non callable bonds will increase with the declining interest rates.
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To estimate: If the zero coupon bond or other coupon bonds are callable before maturity.
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To estimate: Whether the callable or non callable bonds will give higher yield to maturity.
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3. Bond prices and yields (S3.1) Construct some simple examples to illustrate your answers to the following:
Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding bonds?
O A. At maturity, lenders repay a bond's par value to borrowers.
O B. Ceteris paribus, bonds with higher YTMS would have higher prices.
c. Borrowers purchase bonds.
O D. If you anticipate a decline in market interest rates, you should purchase long-term zero-coupon bonds.
According to the expectations theory of the term structure,
O a when the yield curve is steeply upward-sloping, short-term interest rates are expected to rise in the future.
O b. when the yield curve is downward-sloping, short-term interest rates are expected to decline in the future.
O c. buyers of bonds prefer short-term to long-term bonds.
O d. all of the above.
O e. only A and B of the above.
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