Suppose Windsor Systems sold an issue of bonds with a 10-year maturity, a $1,000 par value, a

Question:

Suppose Windsor Systems sold an issue of bonds with a 10-year maturity, a $1,000 par value, a 7% rate, and semiannual interest payments.
a. Four years after the bonds were issued, the going rate of interest on bonds such as these
fell to 5%. At what price would the bonds sell?
b. Suppose that, 4 years after the initial offering, the going interest rate had risen to 9%. At what price would the bonds sell?
c. Suppose that the conditions in part a existed-that is, interest rates fell to 5% 4 years after the issue date. Suppose further that the interest rate remained at 5% for the next 6 years. What would happen to the price of the bonds over time? Coupon
A coupon or coupon payment is the annual interest rate paid on a bond, expressed as a percentage of the face value and paid from issue date until maturity. Coupons are usually referred to in terms of the coupon rate (the sum of coupons paid in a...