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Consider the following information: You are an investor who wants to buy a bond and you want to get an 8.75% return. Your broker finds a bond for you with the following details. PAR value $2,000, coupon payments are $35/quarter. Today's price for this bond is $1,654.29. Time to maturity is 15 years. N= IY= CPT PV= PMT= FV= a. What is the Current Yield? b. What is the Coupon Rate? c. What is the Yield To Maturity? d. Should you buy this bond? Why or why not? XXX Xxx

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a What is the current yield The current yield is the annual income generated by a bond divided by it View the full answer


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