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$1.00 Please Help on Checkpoint : Bond Calculations for Fin/200!!
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- Due on Nov. 07, 2008
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Q:2. Consider Allied Signal Corporation's 9 7/8 percent bonds that mature on June 1, 2010. Assume that the interest on these bonds is paid and compounded annually. Determine the value of a $1,000 denomination Allied Signal Corporation bond as of June 1,2004, to an investor who holds the bond until maturity and whose required rate of return is:
a. 7 percent
b. 9 percent
c. 11 percent
d. what would be the value of the Allied Signal Corporation bonds at an 8 percent required rate of return if the interest were paid and compounded semiannually?
5. Consider the Allied Signal Corporation zero coupon money multiplier notes of 2008. The bonds were issued on July 1, 1990, for $100. Interest is paid evry July 1 and the bond matures on July 1, 2008. Determine the yield to maturity if the bonds are purchased at the:
a. Issue price in 1990
b.Market price as of July 1, 2004, of $750
c. Explain why the returns calculated in (a) and (b) are different.
8. AT&T Corporation has serveral issues of bonds outstanding. One if tge outstanding bonds has a 5 1/8 percent coupon and matures in 2004. The bonds mature on April 1,1999, and assume interest is paid annually on April 1. Calculate the yield to maturity assuming the investor buys the bond at the following price, as quoted in the financial press:
a. 100
b. 90
c. 105
11. a. explain why the International Paper bond is selling at a premium but the Sara Lee is selling at a discount.
b. why is th yield (yield to maturity) on the the General Motors bond so much higher than the yield on the Sara Lee bond?
c. Why is the yield (yield to maturity) on the Wells Fargo Bank bind so much less than the yield on the Lincoln National Corp. bond?
