Treasury bills are currently paying 6 percent and the inflation rate is 3.3 percent. a. What is the approximate real rate of interest? (Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. What is the exact real rate? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Cookie Dough Corporation has two different bonds currently outstanding. Bond M has a face value of $70,000 and matures in 20 years. The bond makes no payments for the first six years, then pays $2,800 every six months over the subsequent eight years, and finally pays $3,100 every six months over the last six years. Bond N also has a face value of $70,000 and a maturity of 20 years; it makes no coupon payments over the life of the bond. The required return on both these bonds is 10 percent compounded semiannually. What is the current price of Bond M and Bond N ? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Ashburn Corporation issued 10-year bonds two years ago at a coupon rate of 7.2 percent. The bonds make semiannual payments. If these bonds currently sell for 102 percent of par value, what is the YTM? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Problem 7-5 Coupon Rates [LO2] Nikita Enterprises has bonds on the market making annual payments, with eight years to maturity, a par value of $1,000, and selling for $952. At this price, the bonds yield 6.1 percent. What must the coupon rate be on the bonds? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Bond J has a coupon rate of 4 percent and Bond K has a coupon rate of 10 percent. Both bonds have 13 years to maturity, make semiannual payments, and have a YTM of 7 percent. a. If interest rates suddenly rise by 2 percent, what is the percentage price change of these bonds? ( A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. What if rates suddenly fall by 2 percent instead? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) The YTM on a bond is the interest rate you earn on your investment if interest rates don't change. If you actually sell the bond before it matures, your realized return is known as the holding period yield (HPY). a. Suppose that today you buy a bond with an annual coupon rate of 7 percent for $1,020. The bond has 16 years to maturity. What rate of return do you expect to earn on your investment? Assume a par value of $1,000. (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b- Two years from now, the YTM on your bond has declined by 1 percent, and you 1. decide to sell. What price will your bond sell for? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b- What is the HPY on your investment? (Do not round intermediate calculations and 2. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)