B) False
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A) If interest rates decline, the prices of both bonds will increase, but the 10-year bond would have a larger percentage increase in price.
B) The 10-year bond would sell at a discount, while the 15-year bond would sell at a premium.
C) The 10-year bond would sell at a premium, while the 15-year bond would sell at par.
D) If the yield to maturity on both bonds remains at 10% over the next year, the price of the 10-year bond would increase, but the price of the 15-year bond would fall.
E) If interest rates decline, the prices of both bonds will increase, but the 15-year bond would have a larger percentage increase in price.
G) C) and D)
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A) Long-term bonds have less interest rate price risk but more reinvestment rate risk than short-term bonds.
B) If interest rates increase, all bond prices will increase, but the increase will be greater for bonds that have less interest rate risk.
C) Relative to a coupon-bearing bond with the same maturity, a zero coupon bond has more interest rate price risk but less reinvestment rate risk.
D) Long-term bonds have less interest rate price risk and also less reinvestment rate risk than short-term bonds.
E) One advantage of a zero coupon Treasury bond is that no one who owns the bond has to pay any taxes on it until it matures or is sold.
G) C) and D)
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A) 3.92%
B) 4.12%
C) 4.34%
D) 4.57%
E) 4.81%
G) B) and E)
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B) False
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A) Other things held constant, a callable bond should have a lower yield to maturity than a noncallable bond.
B) Once a firm declares bankruptcy, it must then be liquidated by the trustee, who uses the proceeds to pay bondholders, unpaid wages, taxes, and lawyer fees.
C) Income bonds must pay interest only if the company earns the interest. Thus, these securities cannot bankrupt a company prior to their maturity, and this makes them safer to the issuing corporation than "regular" bonds.
D) A firm with a sinking fund that gave it the choice of calling the required bonds at par or buying the bonds in the open market would generally choose the open market purchase if the coupon rate exceeded the going interest rate.
E) One disadvantage of zero coupon bonds is that the issuing firm cannot realize any tax savings from the debt until the bonds mature.
G) B) and D)
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A) The bond is currently selling at a price below its par value.
B) If market interest rates remain unchanged, the bond's price one year from now will be lower than it is today.
C) The bond should currently be selling at its par value.
D) If market interest rates remain unchanged, the bond's price one year from now will be higher than it is today.
E) If market interest rates decline, the price of the bond will also decline.
G) C) and D)
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A) 1,063.09
B) 1,090.35
C) 1,118.31
D) 1,146.27
E) 1,174.93
G) A) and D)
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A) The expected return on a corporate bond must be less than its promised return if the probability of default is greater than zero.
B) All else equal, senior debt has less default risk than subordinated debt.
C) A company's bond rating is affected by its financial ratios and provisions in its indenture.
D) Under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Act, the assets of a firm that declares bankruptcy must be liquidated, and the sale proceeds must be used to pay off its debt according to the seniority of the debt as spelled out in the Act.
E) All else equal, secured debt is less risky than unsecured debt.
G) A) and B)
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A) For any given maturity, a 1.0 percentage point decrease in the market interest rate would cause a smaller dollar capital gain than the capital loss stemming from a 1.0 percentage point increase in the interest rate.
B) From a corporate borrower's point of view, interest paid on bonds is not tax-deductible.
C) Price sensitivity as measured by the percentage change in price due to a given change in the required rate of return decreases as a bond's maturity increases.
D) For a bond of any maturity, a 1.0 percentage point increase in the market interest rate (rd) causes a larger dollar capital loss than the capital gain stemming from a 1.0 percentage point decrease in the interest rate.
E) A 20-year zero coupon bond has more reinvestment rate risk than a 20-year coupon bond.
G) A) and B)
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B) False
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A) The bond's current yield exceeds its yield to maturity.
B) The bond's yield to maturity is greater than its coupon rate.
C) The bond's current yield is equal to its coupon rate.
D) If the yield to maturity stays constant until the bond matures, the bond's price will remain at $850.
E) The bond's coupon rate exceeds its current yield.
G) B) and C)
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A) 6.39%
B) 6.72%
C) 7.08%
D) 7.45%
E) 7.82%
G) C) and D)
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A) 8.56%
B) 9.01%
C) 9.46%
D) 9.93%
E) 10.43%
G) A) and C)
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A) A callable 10-year, 10% bond should sell at a higher price than an otherwise similar noncallable bond.
B) Corporate treasurers dislike issuing callable bonds because these bonds may require the company to raise additional funds earlier than would be true if noncallable bonds with the same maturity were used.
C) Two bonds have the same maturity and the same coupon rate. However, one is callable and the other is not. The difference in prices between the bonds will be greater if the current market interest rate is above the coupon rate than if it is below the coupon rate.
D) The actual life of a callable bond will always be equal to or less than the actual life of a noncallable bond with the same maturity. Therefore, if the yield curve is upward sloping, the required rate of return will be lower on the callable bond.
E) Two bonds have the same maturity and the same coupon rate. However, one is callable and the other is not. The difference in prices between the bonds will be greater if the current market interest rate is below the coupon rate than if it is above the coupon rate.
G) B) and E)
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A) Adding a call provision.
B) The rating agencies change the bond's rating from Baa to Aaa.
C) Making the bond a first mortgage bond rather than a debenture.
D) Adding a sinking fund.
E) Adding additional restrictive covenants that limit management's actions.
G) A) and E)
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B) False
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A) The prices of both bonds will remain unchanged.
B) The price of Bond A will decrease over time, but the price of Bond B will increase over time.
C) The prices of both bonds will increase by 7% per year.
D) The prices of both bonds will increase over time, but the price of Bond A will increase by more.
E) The price of Bond B will decrease over time, but the price of Bond A will increase over time.
G) All of the above
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B) False
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A) Since the bonds have the same YTM, they should all have the same price, and since interest rates are not expected to change, their prices should all remain at their current levels until maturity.
B) Bond C sells at a premium (its price is greater than par) , and its price is expected to increase over the next year.
C) Bond A sells at a discount (its price is less than par) , and its price is expected to increase over the next year.
D) Over the next year, Bond A's price is expected to decrease, Bond B's price is expected to stay the same, and Bond C's price is expected to increase.
E) Bond A's current yield will increase each year.
G) C) and E)
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