The University of California has two bonds outstanding. Bothissues have the same credit rating, a face value of $1,000 and acoupon rate of 3%. Coupons are paid twice a year. Bond A matures in1 year, while bond B matures in 30 years. The market interest ratefor similar bonds is 10%.
Part 1
What is the price of bond A?
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Part 2
What is the price of bond B?
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Part 3
Now assume that yields increase to 13%. What is the price ofbond A?
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Part 4
What is now the price of bond B?
A GM and a Ford bond both have 4 years to maturity, a $1,000 parvalue, a BB rating and pay interest semiannually. GM has a couponrate of 6.2%, while Ford has a coupon rate of 5.3%.
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Part 1
The GM bond trades at 94.59 (percent of par). What is the yieldto maturity (YTM)?
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Part 2
What should be the price of the Ford bond (in $)?
A bond has an annual coupon rate of 4.4%, a face value of$1,000, a price of $1,166.29, and matures in 10 years. What is thebond's YTM?
Boeing has a bond outstanding with 15 years to maturity, a$1,000 par value, a coupon rate of 6.9%, with coupons paidsemiannually, and a price of 100.93 (percent of par).
If the company wants to issue a new bond with the same maturityat par, what coupon rate should it choose?
A corporate bond has 16 years to maturity, a face value of$1,000, a coupon rate of 4.8% and pays interest semiannually. Theannual market interest rate for similar bonds is 3.3% What is theprice of the bond?