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In April 2016 a pound of apples cost $1.51

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In April 2016 a pound of apples cost $1.51, while oranges cost $1.15 Three years earlier the price of apples was

only $1.30 a pound and that of oranges was 1.01 a pound

 
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One bond has a coupon rate of 6.0%

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One bond has a coupon rate of 6.0%, another a coupon rate of 8.5%. Both bonds pay interest annually, have 12-year

maturities, and sell at a yield to maturity of 7.0%. a. If their yields to maturity next year are still 7.0%, what is the rate of return on each bond? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 1 decimal place.) With instructions in very basic form please.

Rate of return:

Bond 1 :

Bond 2 :

 
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Consider three bonds with 6.70% coupon rates

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Consider three bonds with 6.70% coupon rates, all making annual coupon payments

and all selling at face value. The short-term bond has a maturity of 4 years, the intermediate-term bond has a maturity of 8 years, and the long-term bond has a maturity of 30 years.

a. What will be the price of the 4-year bond if its yield increases to 7.20%? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

b. What will be the price of the 8-year bond if its yield increases to 7.20%? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

c. What will be the price of the 30-year bond if its yield increases to 7.20%? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

d. What will be the price of the 4-year bond if its yield decreases to 5.20%? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

e. What will be the price of the 8-year bond if its yield decreases to 5.20%? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

f. What will be the price of the 30-year bond if its yield decreases to 5.20%? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

g. Comparing your answers to parts (a), (b), and (c), are long-term bonds more or less affected than short-term bonds by a rise in interest rates?

More affected 

Less affected

h. Comparing your answers to parts (d), (e), and (f), are long-term bonds more or less affected than short-term bonds by a decline in interest rates?

More affected 

Less affected

 
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Stormy Weather has no attractive investment opportunities

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Stormy Weather has no attractive investment opportunities. Its return on equity equals the discount rate, which is

5%. Its expected earnings this year are $4 per share. Find the stock price, P/E ratio, and growth rate of dividends for plowback ratios of: (Leave no cells blank – be certain to enter “0” wherever required. Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter the growth rate as a percent rounded to 1 decimal place.)

 Plowback Ratios     Stock Price       P/E Ratio  Growth Rate of
 Dividends
  a.Zero           $          %  
  b..30                    %  
  c..80           
 
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