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Chapter 24, Problem 11P

General Electric has just issued a callable 10-year, 6% coupon bond with annual coupon payments. The bond can be called at par in one year or anytime thereafter on a coupon payment date. It has a price of $102. What is the bond’s yield to maturity and yield to call?

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Ch. 24.1 - List four types of corporate debt that are...Ch. 24.1 - Prob. 2CC Ch. 24.2 - Prob. 1CC Ch. 24.2 - Prob. 2CC Ch. 24.2 - What is an asset-backed security?Ch. 24.3 - Prob. 1CC Ch. 24.3 - Prob. 2CC Ch. 24.4 - What is a sinking fund?Ch. 24.4 - Do callable bonds have a higher or lower yield...Ch. 24.4 - Prob. 3CC

Ch. 24 - Explain some of the differences between a public...Ch. 24 - Why do bonds with lower seniority have higher...Ch. 24 - Explain the difference between a secured corporate...Ch. 24 - Prob. 4P Ch. 24 - Prob. 5P Ch. 24 - Prob. 6P Ch. 24 - Prob. 7P Ch. 24 - Describe what prepayment risk in a GNMA is.Ch. 24 - Prob. 9P Ch. 24 - Explain why bond issuers might voluntarily choose...Ch. 24 - General Electric has just issued a callable...Ch. 24 - Prob. 12P Ch. 24 - Explain why the yield on a convertible bond is...Ch. 24 - Prob. 14P

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What would be the value of the bond described in Part d if, just after it had been issued, the expected inflation rate rose by 3 percentage points, causing investors to require a 13% return? Would we now have a discount or a premium bond? What would happen to the bond’s value if inflation fell and rd declined to 7%? Would we now have a premium or a discount bond? What would happen to the value of the 10-year bond over time if the required rate of return remained at 13%? If it remained at 7%? (Hint: With a financial calculator, enter PMT, I/YR, FV, and N, and then change N to see what happens to the PV as the bond approaches maturity.)
Bond 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?

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