Sam Strother and Shawna Tibbs are vice-presidents of Mutual of Seattle Insurance Company and co-directors of the company's pension fund management division.  A major new client, the Northwestern Municipal Alliance, has requested that Mutual of Seattle present an investment seminar to the mayors of the represented cities, and Strother and Tibbs, who will make the actual presentation, have asked you to help them by answering the following questions.   What is the yield to maturity (YTM) on a 10-year, 9 percent annual coupon, $1,000 par value bond that sells for $887.00? How about it sells for $1,134.20? What does the fact that a bond sells at a discount or at a premium tell you about the relationship between investors’ YTM and the bond's coupon rate? 2. How does the calculation for valuing a bond change if semiannual payments are made? Find the value of a 10-year, semiannual payment, a 10 percent coupon bond if investor’s required rate of return is 13%.

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Sam Strother and Shawna Tibbs are vice-presidents of Mutual of Seattle Insurance Company and co-directors of the company's pension fund management division.  A major new client, the Northwestern Municipal Alliance, has requested that Mutual of Seattle present an investment seminar to the mayors of the represented cities, and Strother and Tibbs, who will make the actual presentation, have asked you to help them by answering the following questions.
 
  1. What is the yield to maturity (YTM) on a 10-year, 9 percent annual coupon, $1,000 par value bond that sells for $887.00? How about it sells for $1,134.20? What does the fact that a bond sells at a discount or at a premium tell you about the relationship between investors’ YTM and the bond's coupon rate?
2. How does the calculation for valuing a bond change if semiannual payments are made? Find the value of a 10-year, semiannual payment, a 10 percent coupon bond if investor’s required rate of return is 13%.  

 

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