Assume the par
Harold Reese must choose between two bonds: Bond X pays
a. Compute the current yield on both bonds.
b. Which bond should he select based on your answer to part a?
c. A drawback of current yield is that it does not consider the total life of the bond. For example, the yield to maturity on Bond X is 11.21 percent. What is the yield to maturity on Bond Z?
d. Has your answer changed between parts b and c of this question?
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- Krystian Inc. issued 10-year bonds with a face value of $100,000 and a stated rate of 4% when the market rate was 6%. Interest was paid semi-annually. Calculate and explain the timing of the cash flows the purchaser of the bonds (the investor) will receive throughout the bond term. Would an investor be willing to pay more or less than face value for this bond?arrow_forwardIssue Price The following terms relate to independent bond issues: 500 bonds; $1,000 face value; 8% stated rate; 5 years; annual interest payments 500 bonds; $1,000 face value; 8% stated rate; 5 years; semiannual interest payments 800 bonds; $1,000 face value; 8% stated rate; 10 years; semiannual interest payments 2,000 bonds; $500 face value; 12% stated rate; 15 years; semiannual interest payments Required Assuming the market rate of interest is 10%, calculate the selling price for each bond issue.arrow_forwardBond Value as Maturity Approaches An investor has two bonds in his portfolio. Each bond matures in 4 years, has a face value of 1,000, and has a yield to maturity equal to 9.6%. One bond, Bond C, pays an annual coupon of 10%; the other bond, Bond Z, is a zero coupon bond. Assuming that the yield to maturity of each bond remains at 9.6% over the next 4 years, what will be the price of each of the bonds at the following time periods? Fill in the following table:arrow_forward
- a. Reset the Data Section to its initial values. The price of this bond is 1,407,831. What would it be if there were only 9 or 8 years to maturity? Use the worksheet to compute the bond issue prices and enter them in the spaces provided. Bond issue price (9 years to maturity) __________________ Bond issue price (8 years to maturity) __________________ b. Compare these prices to the bond-carrying values found in the effective interest amortization schedule you originally printed out in requirement 3. Explain the similarity. c. Click the Chart sheet tab. The chart presented shows the price behavior of this bond based on years to maturity. Explain what effect years to maturity has on bond prices. Check your explanation by trying 8% as the effective rate (cell E10) and clicking the Chart sheet tab again. Also try 9%. When the assignment is complete, close the file without saving it again. Worksheet. Modify the BONDS3 worksheet to accommodate bonds with up to 20-year maturity. Use your new model to determine the issue price and amortization schedules of a 2,000,000, 18-year, 10% bond issued to yield 9%. Preview the printout to make sure that the worksheet will print neatly, and then print the worksheet. Save the completed file as BONDST. Hint: Expand both amortization schedules to 20 years. Expand the scratch pad to 20 years. Modify FORMULA1 in cell F17 to include the new ranges. Chart. Using the BONDS3 file, prepare a line chart that plots annual interest expense over the 10-year life of this bond under both the straight-line and effective interest methods. No Chart Data Table is needed. Put A23 to A32 in the Label format and then select A23 to A32, D23 to D32, and B40 to B49 as a collection. Enter all appropriate titles, legends, formats, and so forth. Enter your name somewhere on the chart. Save the file again as BONDS3. Print the chart.arrow_forwardYield to Maturity and Yield to Call Arnot International’s bonds have a current market price of $1,200. The bonds have an 11% annual coupon payment, a $1,000 face value, and 10 years left until maturity. The bonds may be called in 5 years at 109% of face value (call price = $1,090). What is the yield to maturity? What is the yield to call if they are called in 5 years? Which yield might investors expect to earn on these bonds, and why? The bond’s indenture indicates that the call provision gives the firm the right to call them at the end of each year beginning in Year 5. In Year 5, they may be called at 109% of face value, but in each of the next 4 years the call percentage will decline by 1 percentage point. Thus, in Year 6 they may be called at 108% of face value, in Year 7 they may be called at 107% of face value, and so on. If the yield curve is horizontal and interest rates remain at their current level, when is the latest that investors might expect the firm to call the bonds?arrow_forwardBond Yields and Rates of Return A 10-year, 12% semiannual coupon bond with a par value of 1,000 may be called in 4 years at a call price of 1,060. The bond sells for 1,100. (Assume that the bond has just been issued.) a. What is the bonds yield to maturity? b. What is the bonds current yield? c. What is the bonds capital gain or loss yield? d. What is the bonds yield to call?arrow_forward
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