Bonds issued by state and local governments are called:
corporate bonds.
municipal bonds.
treasury bonds.
government agency bonds.
You will receive €700,000 at the end of each of the next 25 years. If the proper discount rate to that series of payments is 10%, then what is the value today of that series of cash flows?
€17,500,000.00
€6,353,928.01
€1,615,179.97
€64,607.20
A bond that gives the issuer the right to repurchase in the future at a predetermined price is:
a putable bond.
a callable bond.
a purchasable bond.
called an option bond.
The value of any bond should be:
the sum total of all the coupon receipts as well as the principal repayment at the bond's maturity.
the present value of all the coupon receipts as well as the principal repayment at the bond's maturity.
the future value of all the coupon receipts as well as the principal repayment at the bond's maturity.
none of the above.
What is the price of a bond that has an 8.5% coupon rate with 14 years to maturity if the discount rate for such a bond is 9%? Coupons are paid semi-annually.
€1,040.48
€1,000.00
€960.64
€951.56
You know that the yield on a 7-year bond is 12% while the yield on a 3-year bond beginning 7-years from now is 5%. If you believe in the expectations theory, what should be the yield on a 10-year bond if the investment begins today?
12.00%
9.85%
9.55%
8.44%
You will receive €100,000 at the end of each of the next 5 years. If the proper discount rate to that series of payments is 5%, then what is the value today of that series of cash flows?
€500,000.00
€432,947.67
€391,763.08
€95,238.10
You find that the yield on a 4-year bond is 8% while that of a 3-year bond is 7%. What should be the yield on a 1-year bond beginning 3 years from now as predicted by the expectations theory?
1.00%
7.50%
9.34%
11.06%
You own a bond that pays a 10% annualized semi-annual coupon rate and has 6 years to maturity. If the discount rate increases from 10% to 13% during the next 4 years of the bonds life, then what is the euro increase (decrease) in value for the bond during the two year period?
€119.90
€51.39
(€51.39)
(€119.90)
The price of a bond in the Wall Street Journal is 107:16. What is the yield to maturity of the bond if it has 6 years to maturity and it has an 8% coupon rate (it pays semi-annual coupons)?