O the bond will be valued at a discount below par value. Question 22 1 pts All of the following are criticisms of the payback period EXCEPT: O it does not consider time value of money O it does not consider risk O it ignores cash flow occurring after the payback period O it does not consider a required rate of return O it uses accounting profits instead of cash flows D Question 23 1 pts Suppose a firm pays out 15% of its earnings per share in common stock dividends. This is an example of: Oa constant dividend pavout ratio

O the bond will be valued at a discount below par value. Question 22 1 pts All of the following are criticisms of the payback period EXCEPT: O it does not consider time value of money O it does not consider risk O it ignores cash flow occurring after the payback period O it does not consider a required rate of return O it uses accounting profits instead of cash flows D Question 23 1 pts Suppose a firm pays out 15% of its earnings per share in common stock dividends. This is an example of: Oa constant dividend pavout ratio

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57. Which of the following statements is incorrect about bonds? In all ofthe statements, assume other things are held constant.a. Price sensitivity, that is, the change in price due to a given changein the required rate of return, increases as a bond’s maturityincreases.b. For a given bond of any maturity, a given percentage point increasein the interest rate (kd) causes a larger dollar capital loss thanthe capital gain stemming from an identical decrease in the interestrate.c. For any given maturity, a given percentage point increase in theinterest rate causes a smaller dollar capital loss than the capitalgain stemming from an identical decrease in the interest rate.d. From a borrower’s point of view, interest paid on bonds is taxdeductible.e. A 20-year zero coupon bond has less reinvestment rate risk than a 20-year coupon bond.
Which of the following events would make it more likely that a company would call its outstanding callable bonds? (Ch. 7) Group of answer choices Inflation increases significantly. The company’s bonds are downgraded. Market interest rates rise sharply. The company's financial situation deteriorates significantly. Market interest rates decline sharply.
Which of the following statements is right? Group of answer choices a)Ignoring the liquidity risk, the 10-treasry bond should have the same interest rate as the 10-year corporate bond. b)Ignoring the default risk, the 10-treasry bond should have the same interest rate as the 10-year corporate bond. c)The return of the 10-year treasury bond must be less than that of the 10-year corporate bond d)The return of the 10-year treasury bond must be greater than that of the 10-year corporate bond
Q2) State whether the following statements are true or false: Bond represents a hybrid debt instrument whereas preferred stock is ownership rights. Ahmed bought a bond with OMR (1000) par value at OMR (950), which means a market interest rate is greater than the coupon rate of the bond. One use of the cost of capital is to design a firm’s equity policy. Efficient Market Hypothesis means Securities are normally in equilibrium and are “fairly priced. The market is IN equilibrium when the required rate of return larger than the dividend growth rate.
Which of these five statement is the most correct and why ? a. Other things held constant, a callable bond would have a lower required rate of return than a noncallable bond. b. Other things held constant, a corporation would rather issue noncallable bonds than callable bonds. c. Reinvestment rate risk is worse from a typical investor's standpoint than interest rate risk. d. If a 10-year, R1 000 par, zero coupon bond were issued at a price which gave investors a 10 percent rate of return, and if interest rates then dropped to the point where rd = YTM = 5%, we could be sure that the bond would sell at a premium over its R1 000 par value. e. If a 10-year, R1 000 par, zero coupon bond were issued at a price which gave investors a 10 percent rate of return, and if interest rates then dropped to the point where rd = YTM = 5%, we could be sure that the bond would sell at a discount below its R1 000 par value.
Consider the folllowing cash flows. The market interest rate is 14%. What is the price of the bond? Year 0 1 2 3 4 CF 200 200 50 350 rate 14% DCF 175.44 153.89 33.75 207.23
7 Suppose the interest rates in the market for one-year, zero-coupon Treasury strips and for one-year, zero-coupon grade B corporate bonds are, respectively: i = 2.05% k = 7.80% Compute the probabilities of repayment and default as well as the risk premium.
The risk free rate is 1.7%, inflation is expected to be 3.5%, a corporate bond has a yield rate of 8.7%, which includes a 1% liquidity premium. What is the default risk premium? (ignore the maturity risk) Group of answer choices a)4.2% b)2.5% c)3.5% d)Not enough information
True or False An asset or stock with a beta less than 1.0 means the stock is more risky than the market in general. Bonds that have a callable feature allow the bond holder to convert their debt to common shares of stock. Bond holders have voting rights and common shareholders do not. Bond holders have first claim on assets in the event of a bankruptcy, so they are less risky than common stock. An ordinary annuity is preferred by investors because they receive their payment at the beginning of each period.
Which of the following statements is correct? Group of answer choices The actual capital gains yield for a one-year holding period on a bond can never be greater than the current yield on the bond. All of these statements are false. The price of a coupon bond is determined primarily by the number of years to maturity. The discount or premium on a bond can be expressed as the difference between the coupon payment on an old bond which originally sold at par and the coupon payment on a new bond, selling at par, where the difference in payments is discounted at the new market rate. On a coupon paying bond, the final interest payment is made one period before maturity and then, at maturity, the bond's face value is paid as the final payment.
a. What is the price (expressed as a percentage of the face value) of a one-year, zero-coupon corporate bond with a AAA rating?b. What is the credit spread on AAA-rated corporate bonds?c. What is the credit spread on B-rated corporate bonds?d. How does the credit spread change with the bond rating? Why? Security Yield Treasury 3.120AAA corporate 3.874BBB corporate 4.521B corporate 5.328
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