Here are data on $1,000 par value bonds issued by Microsoft, GE Capital, and Morgan Stanley. Assume you are thinking about buying these bonds. Answer the following questions:

a. Assuming interest is paid annually, calculate the values of the bonds if your required rates of return are as follows: Microsoft, 5.5 percent; GE Capital, 16.5 percent; and Morgan Stanley, 12 percent; where:

MICROSOFT	GE CAPITAL	MORGAN STANLEY
Coupon interest rate	5.25%	7.50%		8.00%
Years to maturity	26	22		18

b. The bonds are selling for the following amounts: Microsoft $1,057 GE Capital $547 Morgan Stanley $809

What are the expected rates of return for each bond?

c. How would the value of the bonds change if (1) your required rate of return increased 2

percentage points or (2) decreased 2 percentage points?

d. Explain the implications of your answers in part (c) in terms of interest rate risk, premium bonds, and discount bonds.

e. Should you buy the bonds? Explain.