The University of California has two bonds outstanding. Both issues have the same credit rating, a face value of $1,000 and a coupon rate of 3%. Coupons are paid twice a year. Bond A matures in 1 year, while bond B matures in 30 years. The market interest rate for similar bonds is 10%.

Part 1

What is the price of bond A?

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Part 2

What is the price of bond B?

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Part 3

Now assume that yields increase to 13%. What is the price of bond A?

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Part 4

What is now the price of bond B?

A GM and a Ford bond both have 4 years to maturity, a $1,000 par value, a BB rating and pay interest semiannually. GM has a coupon rate of 6.2%, while Ford has a coupon rate of 5.3%.

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Part 1

The GM bond trades at 94.59 (percent of par). What is the yield to maturity (YTM)?

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Part 2

What should be the price of the Ford bond (in $)?

A bond has an annual coupon rate of 4.4%, a face value of $1,000, a price of $1,166.29, and matures in 10 years. What is the bond's YTM?

Boeing has a bond outstanding with 15 years to maturity, a $1,000 par value, a coupon rate of 6.9%, with coupons paid semiannually, and a price of 100.93 (percent of par).

If the company wants to issue a new bond with the same maturity at par, what coupon rate should it choose?

A corporate bond has 16 years to maturity, a face value of $1,000, a coupon rate of 4.8% and pays interest semiannually. The annual market interest rate for similar bonds is 3.3% What is the price of the bond?