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Chapter 13, Problem 10DC2
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Case summary:

J has a portfolio that she inherited 6 months ago. She does not much about investing and nothing about bonds specifically. She prepared chart and know that she owns bond ranging for a period of 3 to 20 years. The chart contains information regarding company’s name, rating, years to maturity and current yield.

Characters in the case:

J.

Adequate information:

Name of Company Rating of SP Years to maturity Current yield
A Company AAA 10 4.75%
X Company AA 3 3.17%
IL Company A 7 6.11%
M Company BBB 5 4.40%
SI Company B 2 6.67%
L Company CCC 3 25.97%
B Company CC 4 10.19%

Table (1)

To calculate:

Yield to maturity.

Given information:

Annual return is $30.

Par value is $1,000.

Current market price is $945.

Number of years to maturity is 3.

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