Bond X is a premium bond making semiannual payments. The bond pays a 9 percent coupon, has

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Bond X is a premium bond making semiannual payments. The bond pays a 9 percent coupon, has a YTM of 7 percent, and has 13 years to maturity. Bond Y is a discount bond making semiannual payments. This bond pays a 7 percent coupon, has a YTM of 9 percent, and also has 13 years to maturity. What is the price of each bond today? If interest rates remain unchanged, what do you expect the price of these bonds to be one year from now? In three years? In eight years? In 12 years? In 13 years? What’s going on here? Illustrate your answers by graphing bond prices versus time to maturity.

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Fundamentals of corporate finance

ISBN: 978-0078034633

10th edition

Authors: Stephen Ross, Randolph Westerfield, Bradford Jordan

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