Five years ago you purchased an 8% coupon bond for $975. Today you sold the bond for

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Five years ago you purchased an 8% coupon bond for $975. Today you sold the bond for $1,000. What is your rate of return on the bond in each of the following situations?
a. All coupons were immediately spent when received.
b. All coupons were reinvested in your bank account, which pays 1% interest until the bond is sold.
c. All coupons were reinvested at 8.64% until the bond is sold.
Coupon
A coupon or coupon payment is the annual interest rate paid on a bond, expressed as a percentage of the face value and paid from issue date until maturity. Coupons are usually referred to in terms of the coupon rate (the sum of coupons paid in a...
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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance

ISBN: 978-1259024962

6th Canadian edition

Authors: Richard Brealey, Stewart Myers, Alan Marcus, Devashis Mitra, Elizabeth Maynes, William Lim

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