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Problem 13-02 A $1,000 bond has a 6.5 percent coupon and matures after...

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Problem 13-02

  1. A $1,000 bond has a 6.5 percent coupon and matures after nine years. If current interest rates are 9 percent, what should be the price of the bond? Assume that the bond pays interest annually. Use Appendix B and Appendix D to answer the question. Round your answer to the nearest dollar.

    $

  2. If after five years interest rates are still 9 percent, what should be the price of the bond? Use Appendix B and Appendix D to answer the question. Assume that the bond pays interest annually. Round your answer to the nearest dollar.

    $

  3. Even though interest rates did not change in a and b, why did the price of the bond change?

    The price of the bond with the longer term is -Select-lesshigherItem 3 than the price of the bond with the shorter term as the investors will collect the -Select-smallerhigherItem 4 interest payments and receive the principal within a longer period of time.

  4. Change the interest rate in a and b to 5 percent and rework your answers. Assume that the bond pays interest annually. Round your answers to the nearest dollar.

    Price of the bond (nine years to maturity): $ Price of the bond (four years to maturity): $

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