Question 1: You would like to have $1,000,000 accumulated by the time you turn 65, which will be 40 years from now. How much would you have to put away each year to reach your goal, assuming you're starting from zero now and you earn 10% annual interest on your investment? Question 2: You hold a portfolio of stocks c
Illustrate the need for, motivation, and concept of Indexation with an example to protect against Inflation in the Global Debt Markets.
Consider a one-year, $1000, zero-coupon bond issued. Assume that the bond payoffs are uncertain. There is a 50% chance that the bond will repay its face value in full and a 50% chance that the bond will default and you will receive $900. Thus, you would expect to receive $950. Because of the uncertainty, the discount rate is 5.9
An investor is considering a bond that currently sells at a discount ($953) to the face value of $1,000. The coupon rate is 9.25% paid semiannually. If there are 15 years left on the bond what is the yield to maturity?
Describe or define and discuss a bond issued by a city that is having a little bit of a problem with creditworthiness (but not "junk" level yet) and how it is differentiated from other bonds. Then explain how valuing bonds is done and how interest rates affect their value. Consider the importance of the yield-to-maturity (YTM) i
1. Based on the bond ratings of Tom-Tom give a brief debt outlook of the company and a recommendation of buy, sell or neutral on the company's bonds. 2. Based on the bond ratings of Vodafone give a brief debt outlook of the company and a recommendation of buy, sell or neutral on the company's bonds.
You purchase a high-yield, junk bond for $1,000 that pays $140 annually. After buying the bond, yields decline and you are able to reinvest the interest at only 9 percent. You reinvest all the interest payments. How much will you have when the bond is retired after 12 years? What was the annual return you earned on this investm
Please explain in spreadsheet format. For this problem, consider a 6% coupon bond that matures in 20 years. What would be the value of this bond if interest rates fall to 5% the day after it is purchased? If interest rates fell to 5% after one year, what would the bond be worth at that point?
Consider the following probability distribution of returns for Alpha Corporation: Current Stock Price ($25): One Year ($) $35, $25, $20; Return R: 40%, 0%, -20%; Probability PR: 25%, 50%, 25%. (A). Compute the expected return for Alpha Corporation. (B). Compute the standard deviation of the return on Alpha Corporati
A three-year bond has 8.0% coupon rate and a face value of $1000. (A). If the yield to maturity on the bond is 10%, calculate the price of the bond assuming that the bond makes semi-annual coupon interest payments. (B). Assuming that this bond trades for $1,112, what is the YTM for this bond assuming that the bond mak
The common stock of Gulf Coast Fisheries currently sells for $72 per share. On the same date last year, the price of the stock was $68.50 per share. If Gulf Coast paid a $2 per share dividend during the year, what return did investors who owned the company's stock earn during the past year?
Find the yield to maturity of a 14 percent coupon rate, $1,000 par value bond priced at $1,160 if it has 16 years to maturity. Find the yield to call if the call can be made in four years at a price of $1,080?
Please help me understand these finance questions: 1) How is an investor's risk aversion reflected in a bond's maturity risk premium? 2) Would an increase in the volatility of long-term interest rates cause a bond investor to pay more or less for a non-callable bond that had high convexity? 3) If you purchase a callabl
Because the weighted average given in Equation (17.4) in your text is always a correct measure of a required return, why do firms not create securities to finance each project and offer them in the capital market in order to accurately determine the required return for the project The development of the new issue junk bond ma
The Article Review layout is simple and consists the body of the review containing three sections with the following headings: 1. Overview/Summary 2. Opinion/Analysis 3. Relevance to Financial Management. Your reference sources are limited to the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, Barron's, Investors'
1.    You are considering the purchase of a 7%, 15-year bond that pays interest annually. If the yield to maturity on the bond is 6%, what price will you pay? Round your answer to the nearest cent. 2.    What is the current yield on the bond from part a? Round your answer to the nearest tenth
Have a bond problem question: On January 1, 20D a well known Company issued $5million of 10-year bonds at a 10% stated interest rate to be paid semiannually. The task is to calculate the issuance price if the market rate of interest is 12%.
1. A bond which has a yield to maturity greater than its coupon interest rate will sell for a price a. below par. b. at par. c. above par. d. what is equal to the face value of the bond plus the value of all interest payments. 2. If you were to put $1,000 in the bank at 6% interest each year for the next ten years,
Franklin Mining has 15 yr, 8% annual coupon bond outstanding. Bond has a current market price of $885.54 and a face value of $1,000. If Franklin's marginal tax rate is 35% what is its relevant after-tax component cost of debt, rd (1-T)? 6.15% 9.46% 6.76% 6.40% 5.60% I need to understand the detailed steps on how to appro
Why do companies issue bonds? Would you rather buy a bond at a discount or a premium rate? Why? What is the determining factor of whether a bond is sold at a discount, face value, or premium? What is the straight-line method of amortizing discount and premium on bonds payable? Provide an explanation of the process.
Please help me calculate WACC and the three methods of calculating the cost of equity. Assist with calculating it on the 2011 10k totals for Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Conoco-Phillips.
A Hospital plans on issuing a tax-exempt bond at 6% coupon annual rate that matures at 30 years, the the par value of the bond is $1,000. If required market rates are 6 percent, what is the value of the bond? If required market rates fall to 12 percent what is the value of the bond? At what required market rate (3,6, or 1
1. Over the past 5 years, NBA's common stock earnings per share have grown from $0.62 to $0.91. If an investor is NBA stock is assumed to have a required rate of return of 14%, what is the current value of NBA if its current dividend is 0.12? Assume EPS will continue to grow at a constant rate. 2. Morton Industries' common st
When federal, state, and local governments issue securities, what key roles do they play in financial markets, particularly in the bond and mortgage markets, and how do they affect you? Describe these financial markets in which goverments participate and how they function. What securities have federal, state, and local governmen
1. (Bond valuation) National Steel 15-year, $1,000 par value bonds pay 8 percent interest annually. The market price of the bonds is $1,085, and your required rate of return is 10 percent. a. Compute the bond's expected rate of return. b. Determine the value of the bond to you, given your required rate of return. c. Should yo
Hurst, Incorporated sold its 8% bonds with a maturity value of $3,000,000 on August 1, 2009 for $2,946,000. At the time of the sale, the bonds had 5 years until they reached maturity. Interest on the bonds is payable semiannually on August 1 and February 1. The bonds are callable at 104 at any time after August 1, 2011. By Octob
You are given the following data on bonds from AT&T, Dell, and IBM. Each bond has a par value of $1000. AT&T Dell IBM Coupon 6.80 6.50 8.375% Maturity 05/15/2036 04/15/2038 11/01/2019 Frequency Semiannual Semiannual Semiannual Rating A A- A+ Calculate the value of the bond if
Assume that Kelly County issues $2,000,000 in general obligation bonds to build a new fire station and $8,000,000 in revenue bonds to finance the upgrade of their water treatment facility. How will these transactions affect the funds of the county? a. Financial assets of the Capital Projects Fund will increase by $10,00
A firm has an outstanding bond issue with an annual coupon rate of 7 percent and 4 years remaining to maturity. The par value is $1000 and the bond pays annual interest. What is the current value of the bond if bond market conditions justify a 14 percent required rate of return on bonds in this risk category? What is the current
A firm plans to issue bonds with a par value of $1,000 and 20 years to maturity. The bonds have a 5.5% annual coupon. What is the maximum an informed investor would pay for these bonds if the investor's required rate of return of 5%?