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A bond investor is analyzing the following annual coupon bonds:

Issuing company Annual coupon rates
Murdoch Enterprises 6%
Irwin Incorporated 12%
Turner Metalworks 9%

Each of the bonds has 10 years until maturity and has the same risk. Their yield to maturity (YTM) is 9%. Interest rates are assumed to remain constant over the next 10 years. Label the graph below to indicate the path each bond's price, or value, is expected to follow.

Please clarify in the attached file, the labels on the graph to indicate the path each bond's price, or value is expected to follow.

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Calculates bond prices over a period of time.

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