Suppose two investments yield the same fixed return as measured in dollars, say, $100. But the dollar return to one security has certainty (such as a US Treasury obligation) and the return to the other is uncertain (such as a junk bond which may default). And further suppose that, for the moment, the price of each security is $1,000 and the percentage annual return of each is therefore 10%. This situation cannot persist as investors buy and sell these bonds in response to the perceived risk differences between the two investments. What would be a possible equilibrium price and return for each security?

Note that you don't need to make any calculations to solve this. It is a conceptual problem- in which direction should the price and yield move for each security given their differences in risk? In other words, which of the answers below are a possible equilibrium outcome for this situation?

a.Treasury Security:Price=$800,r=16.67%JunkBond:Price=$1,200,r=8.33%

b.Treasury Security:Price=$1,500,r=20%JunkBond:Price=$1,200,r=12%

c.Treasury Security:Price=$1,500,r=6.67%JunkBond:Price=$850,r=12.0%