10. Bond listings and yield spreads

The following bond list is from the business section of a financial newspaper on January 1, 2016. Assume that each bond shown matures on January 1 in 5, 10, or 30 years. Each bond shown pays a semiannual coupon and the coupon rate is in the column labeled Coupon.

The Last Price and Last Yield columns indicate each bonds price and YTM at the end of trading. EST Spread indicates the bonds spread above the relevant US Treasury benchmark, expressed as a percentage. UST indicates which US Treasury security maturity is the relevant benchmark for each bond. EST Volume shows the number of bonds traded during the day. Notice also that prices are stated relative to a par value of $100. Assume all bonds have the same default premium.

Fill in the value of Kumatsu Co.s bonds.

Company	Coupon	Maturity	Last Price	Last Yield	EST Spread	UST (Years)	EST Volume (1000s)
Vandelay Inc.	8.25%	01-01-2026	$97.87	8.57%	2.37%	10	59,725
Initrode Inc.	5.80%	01-01-2021	$99.22	5.98%	0.58%	5	52,930
Housing Co.	8.98%	01-01-2026	$104.07	8.37%	2.17%	10	46,932
Ashpool Inc.	9.63%	01-01-2046	$88.14	10.98%	4.03%	30	45,120
Kumatsu Co.	4.13%	01-01-2021		6.26%	0.86%	5	43,960

If you were to calculate the yield on a security with a 10-year US Treasury security, the yield will be equal to .

Which bond is trading at a premium?

Housing Co.

Ashpool Inc.

Kumatsu Co.

Initrode Inc.