A $1,000 face value corporate bond with a 6.75 percent coupon (paid semiannually) has 10 years left

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A $1,000 face value corporate bond with a 6.75 percent coupon (paid semiannually) has 10 years left to maturity.

It has had a credit rating of BB and a yield to maturity of 8.2 percent. The firm recently became more financially stable and the rating agency is upgrading the bonds to BBB.

The new appropriate discount rate will be 7.1 percent.

What will be the change in the bond’s price in dollars and percentage terms? (LG 6-2)

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ISE Financial Markets And Institutions

ISBN: 9781265561437

8th International Edition

Authors: Anthony Saunders, Marcia Cornett, Otgo Erhemjamts

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