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The Nickelodeon Manufacturing Co. has a series of $1000 par value bonds outstanding. Each bond pays interest semi-annually and carries an annual coupon rate of 7%. Some bonds are due in three years while others are due in 10 years. If the required rate of return on bonds is 10%, what is the current price of:
a) the bonds with 3 years to maturity?
b) the bonds with 10 years to maturity?
c) Explain the relationship between the number of years until a bond matures and its price.

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The solution calculates bond prices for bonds with the same coupon and required rate of return but with different years to maturity. The relationship between the number of years until a bond matures and its price is also explained.

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The Nickelodeon Manufacturing Co. has a series of $1000 par value bonds outstanding.  Each bond pays interest semi-annually and carries an annual coupon rate of 7%.  Some bonds are due in three years while others are due in 10 years. If the required rate of return on bonds is 10%, what is the current price of:

a) the bonds with 3 years to maturity?
b) the bonds with 10 years to maturity?
c) Explain the relationship between the number of years until a bond matures and its price.

a) the bonds with 3 years to maturity?

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 ...

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