Intermediate Financial Management (MindTap Course List)
Intermediate Financial Management (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337395083
Author: Eugene F. Brigham, Phillip R. Daves
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 4, Problem 21P

Bond Valuation and Changes in Maturity and Required Returns

Suppose Hillard Manufacturing sold an issue of bonds with a 10-year maturity, a $1,000 par value, a 10% coupon rate, and semiannual interest payments.

  1. a. Two years after the bonds were issued, the going rate of interest on bonds such as these fell to 6%. At what price would the bonds sell?
  2. b. Suppose that 2 years after the initial offering, the going interest rate had risen to 12%. At what price would the bonds sell?
  3. c. Suppose that 2 years after the issue date (as in Part a) interest rates fell to 6%. Suppose further that the interest rate remained at 6% for the next 8 years. What would happen to the price of the bonds over time?
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Bond Valuation and Changes in Maturity and Required Returns. Suppose Hillard Manufacturing sold an issue of bonds with a 10-year maturity, a $1,000 par value, a 10% coupon rate, and semiannual interest payments. a.   Two years after the bonds were issued, the going rate of interest on bonds such as these fell to 6%. At what price would the bonds sell? b.   Suppose that 2 years after the initial offering, the going interest rate had risen to 12%. At what price would the bonds sell? c.   Suppose that 2 years after the issue date (as in part a) interest rates fell to 6%. Suppose further that the interest rate remained at 6% for the next 8 years. What would happen to the price of the bonds over time?     Explain how with excel.
Suppose Hillard Manufacturing sold an issue of bonds with a 10 year maturing a $1,000 par value a 10% coupon rate, and semiannual interest payments. A) Two years after the bonds were issued, the going rate of interest on bonds such as these fell to 6%. At what price would the bonds sell? B) Suppose that 2 years after the initial offering, the going interest rate had risen 12%. At what price would the bonds sell? Suppose that 2 years after the issue date (as in part a ) interest rates fell to 6%. Suppose further that the interest rate remained at 6% for the next 8 years. What would happen to the price of the bonds over time?
Suppose Hillard Manufacturing sold an issue of bonds with a 10-year maturity, a $1,000 par value, a 10% coupon rate, and semiannual interest payments. Two years after the bonds were issued, the going rate of interest on bonds such as these fell to 6%. At what price would the bonds sell? Suppose that, 2 years after the initial offering, the going interest rate had risen to 12%. At what price would the bonds sell? Suppose, as in part a, that interest rates fell to 6% 2 years after the issue date. Suppose further that the interest rate remained at 6% for the next 8 years. What would happen to the price of the bonds over time? Please provide calculation in excel.

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