bondratings

7. Bondratings Rating agencles-such as Standard & Poor's (S&P) and Moody's Investor Service--assign credit ratings to bonds based on both quantitative and qualitative factors. These ratings are considered Indicators of the Issuer's default risk, which impacts the bond's interest rate and the issuer's cost of debt capital Based on these ratings, bonds are classified into Investment-grade bonds and junk bonds. Which of the following bonds is likely to be classified as an Investment-grade bond? A bond with 10% return on capital, total debt to total capital of 85%, and 13% yield A bond with 30% return on capital, total debt to total capital of 15%, and 6% yield You heard that rating agencies have downgraded a bond's rating. The yield on the bond is likely to and the bond's price will Assume you make the following investments A $10,000 investment in a 10-year T-bond that has a yield of 13.50% A $20,000 investment in a 10-year corporate bond with an Baa rating and a yield of 17.55% Based on this information, and the knowledge that the difference in liquidity risk premiums between the two bonds is 0.40%, what is your estimate of the corporate bond's default risk premium? 5.11% 3.65% 4.02% 5.48%