2024 – Part A Moore Company is about to issue a bond with semiannual

2024 – Part A Moore Company is about to issue a bond with semiannual.

Part A: Moore Company is about to issue a bond with semiannual coupon payments, a coupon rate of 8%, and par value of $1,000. The yield-to-maturity for this bond is 10%.

a.  What is the price of the bond if the bond matures in 5, 10, 15, or 20 years?

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b.  What do you notice about the price of the bond in relationship to the maturity of the bond?

 

Crescent corporation

Part B: The Crescent Corporation just paid a dividend of $2 per share and is expected to continue paying the same amount each year for the next 4 years. If you have a required rate of return of 13%, plan to hold the stock for 4 years, and are confident that it will sell for $30 at the end of 4 years, how much should you offer to buy it at today?

Part C: Use the information in the following table to answer the questions below.

 

State of Economy	Probability of State	Return on A in State	>return Return on B in State	Return on C in State
Boom	.35	< 0.040	0.210	0.300
Normal	< .50	< 0.040	0.080	0.200
>recession Recession	.15	< 0.040	-0.010	< -0.260

 

a.  What is the expected return of each asset?

b.  What is the variance of each asset?

c.  What is the standard deviation of each asset?