Questions from Corporate Finance


Q: You purchase a bond with a coupon rate of 6.8

You purchase a bond with a coupon rate of 6.8 percent and a clean price of $1,073. If the next semiannual coupon payment is due in two months, what is the invoice price?

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Q: Suppose the following bond quotes for IOU Corporation appear in the financial

Suppose the following bond quotes for IOU Corporation appear in the financial page of today’s newspaper. Assume the bond has a face value of $1,000 and the current date is April 15,...

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Q: Sunset Boards is a small company that manufactures and sells surfboards in

Sunset Boards is a small company that manufactures and sells surfboards in Malibu. Tad Marks, the founder of the company, is in charge of the design and sale of the surfboards, but his background is i...

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Q: Suppose your company needs to raise $30 million and you want

Suppose your company needs to raise $30 million and you want to issue 30-year bonds for this purpose. Assume the required return on your bond issue will be 8 percent, and you’re evaluating two issue a...

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Q: You want to have $1.5 million in real dollars

You want to have $1.5 million in real dollars in an account when you retire in 40 years. The nominal return on your investment is 11 percent and the inflation rate is 3.8 percent. What real amount mus...

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Q: Bond P is a premium bond with a 12 percent coupon.

Bond P is a premium bond with a 12 percent coupon. Bond D is a 6 percent coupon bond currently selling at a discount. Both bonds make annual payments, have a YTM of 9 percent, and have five years to m...

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Q: The McKeegan Corporation has two different bonds currently outstanding. Bond M

The McKeegan Corporation has two different bonds currently outstanding. Bond M has a face value of $20,000 and matures in 20 years. The bond makes no payments for the first six years, then pays $1,100...

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Q: Consider the prices in the following three Treasury issues as of May

Consider the prices in the following three Treasury issues as of May 15, 2007: The bond in the middle is callable in February 2008. What is the implied value of the call feature?

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Q: When Marilyn Monroe died, ex-husband Joe DiMaggio vowed to

When Marilyn Monroe died, ex-husband Joe DiMaggio vowed to place fresh flowers on her grave every Sunday as long as he lived. The week after she died in 1962, a bunch of fresh flowers that the former...

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Q: You are planning to save for retirement over the next 30 years

You are planning to save for retirement over the next 30 years. To save for retirement, you will invest $900 a month in a stock account in real dollars and $450 a month in a bond account in real dolla...

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