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Burns Fire and Casualty Company has $1,000 par value bonds outstanding at 11 percent interest. The bonds will mature in 20 years. Compute t he current price of the bonds if the present yield to maturity is: a. 6 percent. b. 8 percent. c. 12 percent.
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The bond price is calculated at different yields to maturity.
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Burns Fire and Casualty Company has $1,000 par value bonds outstanding at 11 percent interest. The bonds will mature in 20 years. Compute t he current price of the bonds if the present yield to maturity is: a. 6 percent. b. 8 percent. c. 12 percent.
To calculate the price of the bond we need to calculate / read from tables the values of
PVIF= Present Value Interest Factor
PVIFA= Present Value Interest Factor for an Annuity
Price of bond= PVIF * Redemption value + PVIFA * interest payment per period
PVIFA( n, r%)= =[1-1/(1+r%)^n]/r%
PVIF( n, r%)= =1/(1+r%)^n
a. 6 ...
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