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Chapter 4: 20BP (page 324)
Evans Emergency Response bonds have six years to maturity. Interest is paid semi annually. The bonds have a \(1,000 par value and a coupon rate of 8 percent. If the price of the bond is \)1,073.55, what is the annual yield to maturity?
The bond鈥檚 yield to maturity is determined as the 6.5%
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Question: You need $28,974 at the end of 10 years, and your only investment outlet is an 8 percent long-term certificate of deposit (compounded annually). With the certificate of deposit, you make an initial investment at the beginning of the first year.
a. What single payment could be made at the beginning of the first year to achieve this objective?
b. What amount could you pay at the end of each year annually for 10 years to achieve this same objective?
Larry Davis borrows $80,000 at 14 percent interest toward the purchase of a home. His mortgage is for 25 years.
a.How much will his annual payments be? (Although home payments are usually on a monthly basis, we shall do our analysis on an annual basis for ease of computation. We will get a reasonably accurate answer.)
b.How much interest will he pay over the life of the loan?
c.How much should he be willing to pay to get out of a 14 percent mortgage and into a 10 percent mortgage with 25 years remaining on the mortgage?
Assume current interest rates are 10 percent. Carefully consider the timeb value of money. Disregard taxes.
If you invest $8,500 per period for the following number of periods, how much would you have? b. 50 years at 9 percent.
Essex Biochemical Co. has a $1,000 par value bond outstanding that pays 15 percent annual interest. The current yield to maturity on such bonds in the market is 17 percent. Compute the price of the bonds for these maturity dates:
a. 30 years.
b. 20 years.
c. 4 years.
Adjust the annual formula for a future value of a single amount at 12 percent for 10 years to a semiannual compounding formula. What are the interest factors (FVIF) before and after? Why are they different?
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