1. PDI Ltd has recently restructured its outstanding bond issue. The bond issue has 8 years remaining to maturity and a coupon rate of 10% per annum, with coupons being paid semi- annually. The new arrangement allows the firm to make no coupon payments for the next 5 years. After that period, normal semi-annual coupon payments will resume. At maturity, the face value of $1,000 per bond plus all the deferred (that is, unpaiD. coupons will be paid. If the required rate of return on these bonds is 15% per annum, the current market price of PDI Ltd's bonds should be closest to
2. Trusty gets' Lucky Ltd., just paid a dividend of $2.00 per share. The managing director just announced that it is planned to increase dividends at a rate of 6% indefinitely. An appropriate discount rate for this company is 16% per annum. What is the firm's expected value in one year?
3. Sarah is planning to purchase a new house. To purchase the house, she will need to borrow $550,000 from the bank. The loan term is 30 years and the terms of the contract require monthly end of period payments (including interest and principle). The current interest rate offered by her bank is 3.5% per annum for a variable rate mortgage loan. If Sarah borrows the money from her bank and the interest rate decreases by 0.5% three years after the mortgage started, what would the new monthly repayment be?
4. A cash-strapped young professional offers to buy your old company car with four equal annual payments of $6,000 beginning two years from today. Assuming you're indifferent to cash versus credit, that you can invest at 10%, and that you want to receive $12,000 for the car, should you accept and calculate the NPV? Note: NPV are all expressed to the nearest dollar.