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    Current Interest

    The British government has a consol bond outstanding paying 100 per year forever. Assume the current interest rate is 4% per year. 1) What is the value of the bond immediately after a payment is made? 2) What is the value of the bond immediately before a payment is made?

    Market Price Per Bond

    The goodie barn has a 7% coupon bond outstanding that matures in 13.5 years. The bond pays interest semiannually. What is the market price per bond if the face value is $1000 and the yield to maturity is 14.78%? a) $255.27 b) $550.40 c) $674.66 d) $954.92 e) $967.38.

    ACCOUNTING BONDS PAYABLE RECORD ISSUANCE AND PREMIUM AMORTIZATION

    KAYE CO ISSUED $1,000,000 FACE AMOUNT OF 11% 20 YEAR BONDS ON APRIL 1 2004. THE BONDS PAY INTEREST ON ANNUAL BASIS ON MARCH 31 EACH YEAR. A. ASSUME THE MARKET INTEREST RATES WERE SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN 11% WHEN THE BONDS WERE SOLD. WOULD THE PROCEEDS FROM THE BOND ISSUE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN, LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO THE FACE AMOUNT?

    Help with Exam

    Use the following data for questions 1 and 2 below: Quayle Company bought real estate, on which there was an old office building, for $800,000. It paid $80,000 in cash as a down payment and signed a 10% mortgage for the remainder. It immediately had the old building razed at a net cost of $70,000. Attorneys were paid $12,000 in

    Finance

    1. Garvin Enterprises' bonds currently sell for $1,150. They have a 6-year maturity, an annual coupon of $85, and a par value of $1,000. What is their current yield? 2. Wachowicz Corporation issued 15-year, noncallable, 7.5% annual coupon bonds at their par value of $1,000 one year ago. Today, the market interest rate on thes

    Bond Valuation and Nominal Rates

    Assume that you are considering the purchase of a $1,000 par value bond that pays interest of $70 each six months and has 10 years to go before it matures. If you buy this bond, you expect to hold it for 5 years and then to sell it in the market. You (and other investors) currently require a nominal annual rate of 16%, but you e

    Estimate interest rate

    Assuming the real risk rate of 2% and a maturity risk premium that equals 0.1x(t)%, where t is the number of years to maturity, estimate the interest rate on bonds that mature in 1, 2, 5, 10, and 20 yrs. I need to know how to figure out this problem. Also the inflation rate is 13%

    Signaling model vs Pecking-Order model

    Please help with the following problem. How does the signaling model of financial structure differ from the pecking-order model with respect to the assumption in this hypothesis of asymmetric information?

    Value of a Bond and Maturity Time

    How do you calculate the value of a bond that will mature in 14 years and has a face value of $1,000 if the annual coupon interest rate is 7% and the investor's required rate of return is 10%?

    Bonds and stock market

    What kind of advantages a company can have by issuing bonds, or investing its profit in stock market for example investing in other companies stock, and what kind of problem can it ( company) have by investing in the stock market for example inconvenient of a bad investment into the stock market system.

    Bonds

    At the beginning of the year, you bought a $1,000 par value corporate bond with a 6% annual coupon rate and a 10 year maturity date. When you bought the bond, it had an expected yield to maturity of 8%. Today the bond sells for $1,060. A) What did you pay for the bond? B) If you sold the bond at the end of the year, what w

    Total Rate of Return elements

    American Fortunes is preparing a bond offering with an 8% coupon rate. The bonds will be repaid in 10 years. The company plans to issue the bonds at par value and pay interest semiannually. Given this, which of the following statements are correct? (I.) The initial selling price of each bond will be $1,000. (II.) After the b

    Bonds & Growth Rates

    The "teacher" in this course thinks that by reading a module, that somehow I'll understand the logic to these questions. I have some of the formulas figured out, but I'm lost as to why I'm not getting the any of the options as answers. ABC Co. pays out 60% of its earnings as dividends. Its return on equity is 15%. What is th

    Economics: T-Bonds

    If 10-year T-bonds have a yield of 6.2%, 10-year corporate bonds yield 8.5%, the maturity risk premium on all 10-year bonds is 1.3%, and corporate bonds have a 0.4% liquidity premium versus a zero liquidity premium for T-bonds, what is the default risk premium on the corporate bond?

    Johnson Inc. Bond's and Selling Price

    Please help with the following problem: Johnson Inc.'s bonds currently sell for $1,250. They pay a $120 annual coupon, have a 15-year maturity, and a $1,000 par value, but they can be called in 5 years at $1,050. Assume that no costs other than the call premium would be incurred to call and refund the bonds, and also assume

    Net Present Value of This Investment

    Two bonds of equal risk are for sale on the secondary bond market. The two bonds have the same face value, and both mature in 10 years. Bond A pays $10 per year and bond B pay $15 per year. Which bond will sell for a higher price? a. Bond A. b. Bond B. c. They will sell for the same price. d. The relative prices will dep

    Annual Compound (Internal) Rate of Return

    Over the last two years, the XYZ Bond mutual fund owned by the White family, valued at $60,000, has returned them quarterly dividends as follows; -0-; $1800; $1200; -0-; $800; $1000; $1200; $1500. These were all withdrawn as soon as received and not reinvested. If the Whites were to sell this fund now for its current balance and

    Corporate Finance, Bond Question, Return Earned

    One year ago, you purchased a $1000 face value bond of Sox Corp. The bond carries a coupon rate of 6%, and the coupons are paid annually. At the time of your purchase, the bond had three years remaining until maturity and a yield to maturity (YTM) of 6%. The current YTM is 4%. If you sell your bond today, calculate the return yo

    Calculate the cost of equity for Dell Corp.

    Assume a world without taxes. Two firms, Max Corp. and Dell Corp. are identical in every way except for their capital structures. Max, an all-equity firm has 200,000 shares of common stock outstanding; each share sells for $30. The cost of equity for Max is 12%. In addition to equity financing, Dell uses leverages; it has 3,000

    Multiple Finance Questions

    Please see attached questions. Please explain how you got the answers that you provide. 1. The future value of an annuity due is greater than the future value of an otherwise identical ordinary annuity. a . True b. False 2. If we invest money for 10 years at 8 percent interest, compounded semi-annually, we are re

    Time Value of Money: present value, annuity, yield to maturity

    1. You want to put some money away for your child's college education. College will cost $65,000 in 18 years. You can earn 8% compounded annually. How much do you need to invest? 2. In order to help you through college, your parents just deposited $25,000 into a bank account paying 8% interest. Starting next year, you plan t

    Bond Valuation

    As an investor, you are considering an investment in the bonds of the Conifer Coal Company. The bonds, which pay interest semiannually, will mature in 8 years, and have a coupon rate of 7.5% on a face value of $1000. Currently, the bonds are selling for $900. a. If your required return is 9% for bonds in this risk class, what

    Polly Graham will receive $12,000 a year for the next 15 years as a result of her patent. If a 9 percent rate is applied, should she be willing to sell out her future rights now for $100,000?

    I need to discuss the answers in class. Just wanted to double check my answers to be sure. 1. Polly Graham will receive $12,000 a year for the next 15 years as a result of her patent. If a 9 percent rate is applied, should she be willing to sell out her future rights now for $100,000? 2. The Clearinghouse Sweepstakes has j

    The Balance sheet for Sam Corporation

    1. The Balance sheet for Sam Corporation is shown below. Sales for the year were $3,040,000, with 75% of sales sold on credit.3-19 Sam Corporation Balance Sheet 2007 Assets Liabilities and Stockholders Equity Cash.......................$ 50,000 Accounts payable................$ 220,000 Accounts rece

    Bonds/rate of return

    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 w

    Bonds and Sinking funds

    Question 6 (Bonds) (12 marks) A company decides to issue 10,000 bonds with a 10-year maturity and a 6% coupon rate. The bond has a face value of $1,000 and pays semi-annual coupons. The market requires an effective yield to maturity on a bond with similar risk of 7%. (a) What is the fair price of the bond? (6 marks) In or

    Interest Rate and Pricing

    Please see the attached file. Question 5 (Bonds) You purchased a 10-year bond on the basis of a current yield of 6.5%. The face value of the bond at maturity is $1,000 and the coupon rate is 6% (APR) payable semi-annually. (a) What are the purchase price of the bond and its YTM? (b) The day after you bought the bond, in