Mini-Case Your grandfather is retired and living on his Social Security ben 2. The bond issues are currently selling for the following efits and the interest he gets from savings. However, the interest income he receives has dwindled to only 2 percent a year on his $200,000 in savings as interest rates in the economy have Young dropped. You have been thinking about recommending that he Thomas Resorts purchase some corporate bonds with at least part of his savings Fntertainment Inc$103 as a way of increasing his interest income. amounts: Corp 1030 $973 Specifically, you have identified three corporate bond is What is the yieid to maturity for each bond? sues for your grandfather to consider. The first is an issue from 3. Given your estimate of the proper discount rate, what is the Young Corporation that pays annual interest based on a 7.8 percent coupon rate and has 10 years before it matures. The second bond was issued by Thomas Resorts and it pays 7.5 perattractively priced? cent annual interest and has 17 years until it matures. The fi- nal bond issue was sold by Entertainment, Inc., pays an annual coupon interest payment based on a rate of 7.975 percent, and has only 4 years until it matures. All three bond issues have a $1,000 par value. After looking at the bonds default risks and credit ratings, you have very different yields to maturity in mind for the three bond issues, as noted below your estimate of the value of each of the bonds? In light of the prices recorded above, which issue do you think is most 4. How would the values of the bonds change if i) the mar- ket's required yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond increases 3 percentage points or (ii) decreases 3 percentage points? Which of the bond issues is the most sensitive to changes in the rate of interest? 5. What are some of the things you can conclude from these Before recommending any of these bond issues to your grandfather you perform a number of analyses. Specifically, you . Which one(s) of the bonds (if any) would you recomnend want to address each of the following issues: to your grandfather? Explain. 1. Estimate an appropriate market's required yield to maturity for each of the bond issues using the table of credit spreads reported in Table 9.4 rtainmen Coupon inter strate Years to maturity eer. 78%(.,3% ,973% Current market price e, $1,030, Par value 5923 SL035 Bond rating