Questions from Corporate Finance


Q: Consider the following three bond quotes; a Treasury bond quoted at

Consider the following three bond quotes; a Treasury bond quoted at 106.438, a corporate bond quoted at 96.55, and a municipal bond quoted at 100.95. If the Treasury and corporate bonds have a par...

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Q: Calculate the price of a zero coupon bond that matures in 20

Calculate the price of a zero coupon bond that matures in 20 years if the market interest rate is 3.8 percent.

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Q: Calculate the price of a zero coupon bond that matures in 15

Calculate the price of a zero coupon bond that matures in 15 years if the market interest rate is 5.75 percent.

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Q: What’s the current yield of a 3.8 percent coupon corporate

What’s the current yield of a 3.8 percent coupon corporate bond quoted at a price of 102.08?

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Q: What’s the current yield of a 5.2 percent coupon corporate

What’s the current yield of a 5.2 percent coupon corporate bond quoted at a price of 96.78?

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Q: Compute the expected return and standard deviation given these four economic states

Compute the expected return and standard deviation given these four economic states, their likelihoods, and the potential returns:

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Q: What’s the taxable equivalent yield on a municipal bond with a yield

What’s the taxable equivalent yield on a municipal bond with a yield to maturity of 3.5 percent for an investor in the 33 percent marginal tax bracket?

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Q: What’s the taxable equivalent yield on a municipal bond with a yield

What’s the taxable equivalent yield on a municipal bond with a yield to maturity of 2.9 percent for an investor in the 28 percent marginal tax bracket?

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Q: Rank from highest credit risk to lowest risk the following bonds,

Rank from highest credit risk to lowest risk the following bonds, with the same time to maturity, by their yield to maturity: Treasury bond with yield of 5.55 percent, IBM bond with yield of 7.49 per...

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Q: Consider a firm that had been priced using a 10 percent growth

Consider a firm that had been priced using a 10 percent growth rate and a 12 percent required return. The firm recently paid a $1.20 dividend. The firm has just announced that because of a new joint v...

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