Options
1. might , will
2. is obligated, would like
3. exceed, be less than, equal
4. par, a premium, a discount
5A. Bondholder's required return, Bond's semiannual coupon payment, Bond's market price
6A. $315.00, $39.38, $118.13, 78.75
7B. Bond's market price, semiannual coupon payment, bonds par value
8C. 15.7500%, 6.5000%, 4.5000%, 9.000%
9. reasonable, unreasonable
10. 1,048, $838, $734, $1362
11. greater than, less than, equal to
12. trading at premium, trading at par, trading at discount
The process of bond valuation is based on the fundamental concept that the current price of a security can be determined by caiculating the present value of the cash flows that the security will generate in the future. There is a consistent and predictable relationship between a bond's coupon rate, its par value, a bondholder's required return, and the bond's fesulting intrinsic value. Trading at a discount, trading at a premium, and trading at par refer to particular relationships between o bond's intrinsic value and its par value. This also results from the relationship between a bond's coupon rate and a bondholder's required rate of return. Remember, a bond's coupon rate partially determines the interest-based return that a bond pay, and a bondholder's required return reflects the return that a bondholder to recelve from a given investment. The mathematics of bond valuation imply a predictable relationship between the bond's coupon rate, the bondholder's required return, the bond's par value, and its intrinsic value, These relationships can be summarized as follows: - When the bond's coupon rate is equal to the bondholder's required return, the bond's intrinsic value will equal its par value, and the bond will trade at par. - When the bond's coupon rate is greater than the bondholder's required retum, the bond's intrinsic value will its par value, and the bond will trade at a premium. - When the bond's coupon rate is less than the bondholder's required return, the bond's intrinsic value will be less than its par value, and the bond will trade at For example, assume Jackson wants to earn a return of 9.00% and is offered the opportunity to purchace a $1,000 par value bond that pays a 15.75\% coupon rate (distributed semiannually) with three years remaining to maturity, The following formula can be used to compute the bond's Intrinsic value: IntrinsicValue=(A2A+(1+C)2A+(1+C3A+(1+C+A+(1+C2A+(1+C6A+(1+)2A Complete the following table by identifying the appropriate corresponding variables used in the equation. Based on this equation and the data, it is to expect that Jackson's potential bond investment is currently exhibiting an intrinsic value greater than $1,000. Now, consider the situation in which Jackson wants to earn a return of 13.75%, but the bond being considered for purchase offers a coupon rate of 15.75\%. Again, assume that the bond pays semiannual interest payments and has three years to maturity, If you round the bond's intrinsic value to the nearest whole dollar, then its intrinsic value of (rounded to the nearest whole doltar) is its par value, 50 that the bond is Given your computation and conclusions, which of the following statements is true? When the coupon rate is greater than Jackson's required return, the bond should trade at a premium. A bond should trade at a par when the coupon rate is greater than Jackson's required return. When the coupon rate is greater than Jackson's required return, the bond should trade at a discount. When the coupon rate is greater than Jackson's required return, the bond's intrinstc value will be less than its par value
