Assets, Inc., plans to issue $5 million of bonds with a coupon rate of 7 percent, a

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Assets, Inc., plans to issue $5 million of bonds with a coupon rate of 7 percent, a par value of $1,000, semiannual coupons, and 30 years to maturity. The current market interest rate on these bonds is 6 percent. In one year, the interest rate on the bonds will be either 9 percent or 5 percent with equal probability. Assume investors are risk-neutral. 

a. If the bonds are noncallable, what is the price of the bonds today? 

b. If the bonds are callable one year from today at $1,080, will their price be greater or less than the price you computed in (a)? Why?

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...
Par Value
Par value is the face value of a bond. Par value is important for a bond or fixed-income instrument because it determines its maturity value as well as the dollar value of coupon payments. The market price of a bond may be above or below par,...
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Corporate Finance

ISBN: 978-1259918940

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Authors: Stephen Ross, Randolph Westerfield, Jeffrey Jaffe, Bradford Jordan

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