Suppose you are considering investing in a Telus Corp. corporate bond with a $15 000 face value

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Suppose you are considering investing in a Telus Corp. corporate bond with a $15 000 face value maturing on July 23, 2020. The bond's coupon or bond rate is 5.05 percent and interest is paid semi-annually. The current required market rate or yield to market (YTM) for a bond of this type is 2.74 percent.
(a) Carefully explain if and why this bond should sell at par, at a premium, or at a discount.
(b) Determine the purchase price or "clean price" for this bond if the purchase was made on July 23, 2014.
(c) Determine the cash price or "dirty price" for this bond if the purchase is instead made on September 28, 2014.
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...
Face Value
Face value is a financial term used to describe the nominal or dollar value of a security, as stated by its issuer. For stocks, the face value is the original cost of the stock, as listed on the certificate. For bonds, it is the amount paid to the...
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Contemporary Business Mathematics with Canadian Applications

ISBN: 978-0134141084

11th edition

Authors: S. A. Hummelbrunner, Kelly Halliday, Ali R. Hassanlou, K. Suzanne Coombs

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