Midland Oil, Inc. purchased $1,000 par value bonds paying 10% interest semi-annually. The bond  will mature in 5 years. Assume interest rate in the market declinesf rom 11% to 7%.        What is the bond price at percent?  What is the bond price at 7 percent?  If Midland Oil sold the bond when the market interest rate dropped from 11 percent to 7 percent, what would be Midland’s return on its investment?

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Midland Oil, Inc. purchased $1,000 par value bonds paying 10% interest semi-annually. The bond  will mature in 5 years. Assume interest rate in the market declinesf rom 11% to 7%. 

 

 

 

What is the bond price at percent? 

What is the bond price at 7 percent? 

If Midland Oil sold the bond when the market interest rate dropped from 11 percent to 7 percent, what would be Midland’s return on its investment? 

 

 

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