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Which of the following events would make it less likely that a company would shows to call its bonds? Increase in interest rates. Decrease in interest rates. Increase in price of outstanding convertible bonds. A decrease in call premium. Answers b and c only. are high-risk, high-yield bonds used to finance mergers, leveraged buyouts, and troubled companies. Callable bonds Convertible bonds Junk bonds Floating rate bonds Putable bonds Which of the following rating by Moody's represent bonds that are at least investment grade? Caa Baa B Ba None of the above. Which of the following securities is the riskiest to investors? Floating rate notes. Income bonds. Treasury bills. First mortgage bonds. Common stock. If the yield to maturity (the market rate of return) of a bond is less than its coupon rate, the bond should be selling at a discount: i.e., the bond's market price should be less than its face (maturity) value. selling at a premium; i.e., the bond's market price should be greater than its face value. selling at par; i.e., the bond's market price should be the same as its face value. purchased because it is a good deal If interest rates fall from 8 percent to 7 percent, which of the following bonds will have the largest percentage increase in its value? A 10-year zero-coupon bond. A 10-year bond with a 10 percent semiannual coupon. A 10-year bond with a 10 percent annual coupon. A 5-year zero-coupon bond. A 5-year bond with a 12 percent annual coupon. Bonds issued by BB&C Communications that have a coupon rote of interest equal to \0 6S percent currently have a yield to maturity (YTM) equal to 15.25 percent. Based on this information. BB&L bonds must currently be selling at in the financial markets. par value a discount a premium Not enough information is given to answer this question. None of the above is a correct