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Part 1

(Bond valuation relationships)A bond of Visador Corporation pays

$90

in annual interest, with a

$1,000

par value. The bonds mature in

21

years. The market's required yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond is

7.5

percent.

a.Calculate the value of the bond.

b.How does the value change if the market's required yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond (i) increases to

13

percent or (ii) decreases to

4

percent?

c.Interpret your finding in parts a and

b.

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Part 1

a.What is the value of the bond if the market's required yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond is

7.5

percent?

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(Round to the nearest cent.)

Part 2

b. (i)What is the value of the bond if the market's required yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond increases to

13

percent?

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(Round to the nearest cent.)

Part 3

b. (ii)What is the value of the bond if the market's required yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond decreases to

4

percent?

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(Round to the nearest cent.)

Part 4

c.The change in the value of a bond caused by changing interest rates is called interest-rate risk. Based on the answers in part

b,

a decrease in interest rates (the yield to maturity) will cause the value of a bond to

increase

be unchanged

decrease

;

by contrast, an increase in interest rates will cause the value to

increase

be unchanged

decrease

.

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Part 5

Also, based on the answers in part

b,

if the yield to maturity (current interest rate):

equals the coupon interest rate, the bond will sell at

par

a discount

a premium

;

exceeds the bond's coupon rate, the bond will sell at

par

a discount

a premium

;

and

is less than the bond's coupon rate, the bond will sell at

par

a discount

a premium

.

(Select from the drop-down menus.)