1. Expected yield (S24.1) You own a 5% bond maturing in two years and priced at 87%....

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1. Expected yield (S24.1) You own a 5% bond maturing in two years and priced at 87%. Suppose that there is a 10% chance that at maturity the bond will default and you will receive only 40% of the promised payment. What is the bond’s promised yield to maturity? What is its expected yield (i.e., the possible yields weighted by their probabilities)?

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Principles Of Corporate Finance

ISBN: 9781264080946

14th Edition

Authors: Richard Brealey, Stewart Myers, Franklin Allen, Alex Edmans

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