JIN SHLONIK LTE * 3:12 PM @ 1 25%O 1. Valuing Bonds What is the price of a 20-year, zero coupon bond paying $1,000 at maturity, assuming semiannual compounding, if the YTM is: a. 6 percent? b. 8 percent? c. 10 percent? 2. Valuing Bonds Microhard has issued a bond with the following characteristics: Par: $1,000 Time to maturity: 15 years Coupon rate: 7 percent Semiannual payments Calculate the price of this bond if the YTM is: Page 264 a. 7 percent b. 9 percent c. 5 percent 3. Bond Yields Watters Umbrella Corp. issued 15-year bonds two years ago at a coupon rate of 6.2 percent. The bonds make y semiannual payments. If these bonds currently sell for 98 percent of par value, what is the YTM? 4. Coupon Rates Rhiannon Corporation has bonds on the market with 11.5 years to maturity, a YTM of 6.8 percent, a par value of $1,000, and a current price of $1,055. The bonds make semiannual payments. What must the coupon rate be on these bonds? 5. Valuing Bonds Even though most corporate bonds in the United States make coupon payments semiannually, bonds issued elsewhere often have annual coupon payments. Suppose a German company issues a bond with a par value of 1,000, 15 years to maturity, and a coupon rate of 5.1 percent paid annually. If the yield to maturity is 4.3 percent, what is the current price of the bond? 6. Bond Yields A Japanese company has a bond outstanding that sells for 106 percent of its 100,000 par value. The bond has a coupon rate of 2.8 percent paid annually and matures in 17 years. What is the yield to maturity of this bond