Bond X is a premium bond making annual payments. The bond pays an 8 percent coupon, has
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Bond X is a premium bond making annual payments. The bond pays an 8 percent coupon, has a YTM of 6 percent, and has 13 years to maturity. Bond Y is a discount bond making annual payments. This bond pays a 6 percent coupon, has a YTM of 8 percent, and also has 13 years to maturity. If interest rates remain unchanged, what do you expect the price of these bonds to be one year from now? In three years? In eight years? In 12 years? In 13 years? What's going on here? Illustrate your answers by graphing bond prices versus time to maturity.
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Fundamentals of corporate finance
ISBN: 978-0073382395
9th edition
Authors: Stephen Ross, Randolph Westerfield, Bradford Jordan
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