A $25 000, 9.5% bond with semi-annual coupons redeemable at par is bought 16 years before maturity

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A $25 000, 9.5% bond with semi-annual coupons redeemable at par is bought 16 years before maturity at 78.25. What was the approximate yield rate?
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Maturity is the date on which the life of a transaction or financial instrument ends, after which it must either be renewed, or it will cease to exist. The term is commonly used for deposits, foreign exchange spot, and forward transactions, interest...
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Contemporary Business Mathematics with Canadian Applications

ISBN: 978-0133052312

10th edition

Authors: S. A. Hummelbrunner, Kelly Halliday, K. Suzanne Coombs

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