FIN 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Nominal Interest Rate, Interest Rate Risk, Real Interest Rate

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A bond is normally an interest-only loan, meaning the borrower pays the interest every period, but none of the principal is repaid until the end of the load. Coupons: the stated interest payment made on a bond. Face value or par value: the principal amount of a bond that is repaid at the end of the term. Coupon rate: the annual coupon divided by the face value of a bond. Maturity date: specified date at which the principal amount of a bond is paid. Yield to maturity (ytm): the market interest rate that equates a bond"s present value of. Bond value = c x (1 1/ (1 + r)^t) / r + f / (1 + r)^t. The corporation"s payment of interest on debt is considered a cost of doing business interest payments and principal repayment with its price. Debt is not an ownership interest in the firm. Creditors generally do not have voting and is fully tax deductible.

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a, You own bonds with 7 years remaining to maturity. The bonds have a $10,000 par value, the coupon payment every year is $375, and the bonds have a yield to maturity of 4.9%. What is the current market price of these bonds?

b, If the bond in question a sold at par (price = face value), explain why the yield to maturity would be the same as the coupon rate.

c, What is the duration of a two-year bond that pays an annual coupon of 5%, returns the face value, and has a current yield to maturity of 4.5%. Use $1000 as the face value.

d, What is the duration of a two-year zero-coupon (principal-only) bond that is yielding 6% and $10,000 face value? Note: This bond does not have coupon payments but does return the face value.

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QUESTION 1 The largest investors in corporate bonds are life insurance companies and pension funds. True False 5 points QUESTION 2 Most secondary market transactions for corporate bonds take place through dealers in the over-the-counter (OTC) market. True False 5 points QUESTION 3 The value (or price) of a bond is the present value of its expected future cash flows. True False 5 points QUESTION 4 Bond prices decline when the interest rate decreases. True False 5 points QUESTION 5 The face or par value for bonds is the amount paid to bondholders at maturity and is usually equal to $1,000. True False 5 points QUESTION 6 The yield to maturity of a bond is the discount rate that makes the present value of the coupon and principal payments equal to the price of the bond. True False 5 points QUESTION 7 Zero coupon bonds have no coupon payments so they sell for more than their par value. True False 5 points QUESTION 8 Interest rate risk is the risk that bond prices will fluctuate when the interest rate changes. True False 5 points QUESTION 9 US Treasury securities are considered risky investments because the coupon payments are unpredictable. True False 5 points QUESTION 10 Bonds are very difficult to value because their future cash flows are very difficult to predict. True False 5 points QUESTION 11 If the bond's coupon rate is equal to the market rate then the bond will sell at a price equal to its face value greater than its face value less than its face value equal to its foreign currency value, e.g., its price in British pounds 5 points QUESTION 12 When calculating the price of a bond that pays a semiannual coupon one needs to use double the number of years until maturity for the number of payments use half the annual coupon payment use half the annual rate of return as the discount rate all of the above 5 points QUESTION 13 The yield to maturity of a bond is the discount rate that makes the present value of the coupon and principal payments more than the price of the bond equal to zero equal to the price of the bond less than the price of the bond 5 points QUESTION 14 Which one of the following statements is true? All else equal long-term bonds have lower price volatility than short-term bonds. There is an inverse relation between bond prices and market interest rates. All else equal short-term bonds are more risky than long-term bonds. All else equal US government bonds are more risky than corporate bonds. 5 points QUESTION 15 An investor owns a 10-year US government bond with a 9 percent coupon rate. If the yield-to-maturity on the bond is 8 percent then this bond is selling for its par value. a discount. a premium. its face value. 5 points QUESTION 16 BA Corp is issuing a 10-year bond with a coupon rate of 8 percent and a par value of $1,000. The market interest rate on similar bonds is currently 6 percent. If the coupon payments are made annually, what is the value of this bond? 5 points QUESTION 17 Knight, Inc. has issued a 3-year bond with a $1,000 par value and an annual coupon rate of 6 percent. The current market rate of interest is 5 percent. What is the value of this bond if the coupon payments are made semiannually? 5 points QUESTION 18 Diane Carter is interested in buying a 5-year zero coupon bond with a face value of $5,000. If the market interest rate on these types of bonds is currently 9 percent, what is the current price of this bond? 5 points QUESTION 19 Rudy Sandberg wants to invest in 4-year bonds that are currently priced at $933.76. The bonds have a coupon rate of 6 percent and annual coupon payments. If the par value of the bonds is $1,000, what is the bond's yield-to-maturity? 5 points QUESTION 20 You own a 5-year bond with a face value of $1,000 and a coupon rate of 5 percent with annual payments. The bond is currently worth $810.46. If market interest rates remain unchanged, what will be the value of the bond next year when there are 4 years left until maturity?

Olympic Sports has two issues of debt outstanding. One is a 8% coupon bond with a face value of $21 million, a maturity of 10 years, and a yield to maturity of 9%. The coupons are paid annually. The other bond issue has a maturity of 15 years, with coupons also paid annually, and a coupon rate of 9%. The face value of the issue is $25 million, and the issue sells for 93% of par value. The firm's tax rate is 30%. a. What is the before-tax cost of debt for Olympic? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) b. What is Olympic's after-tax cost of debt? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

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