5.8 a. If the market interest rate (the required rate of return that investors demand) unexpectedly increases,

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5.8

a. If the market interest rate (the required rate of return that investors demand)

unexpectedly increases, what effect would you expect this increase to have on the prices of long-term bonds? Why?

b. What would be the effect of the rise in the interest rate on the general level of stock prices? Why?

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Corporate Finance

ISBN: 9780071229036

6th International Edition

Authors: Stephen Ross, Randolph Westerfield, Jeffrey Jaffe

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