Lamar Baily purchased a 7 percent coupon corporate bond that matured in 10 years and paid interest

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Lamar Baily purchased a 7 percent coupon corporate bond that matured in 10 years and paid interest semiannually. He paid $ 2,800 and six months later, immediately following an interest payment, he sold the bond. At the time of sale, the market interest rate on bonds of this type was 6 percent. What was Baily’s selling price? What was Baily’s rate of return for the six months? What is this return on an annual basis?

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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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Bank Management

ISBN: 978-1133494683

8th edition

Authors: Timothy W. Koch, S. Scott MacDonald

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