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Bond valuation) The 8-year $1,000 par bonds of Vail Inc. pay 11 percent interest

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Question

Bond valuation) The 8-year $1,000 par bonds of Vail Inc. pay 11 percent interest. The market's required yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond is 7 percent. The current market price for the bond is $1,130. What is your yield to maturity on the Vail bonds given the current market price of the bonds? (Round to two decimal places.) What should be the value of the Vail bonds given the yield to maturity on a comparable risk bond? (Round to the nearest cent.) Should you purchase the bond at the current market price?

Explanation / Answer

What is your yield to maturity on the Vail bonds given the current market price of the bonds? (Round to two decimal places.)

YTM = I + [(P1-P0)/n]/(P1+P0)/2

         = 110 + [ (1000-1130)/8]/(1000+1130)/2

         = 110 -16.25/ 1065

        = 0.0880

         = 8.80%

What should be the value of the Vail bonds given the yield to maturity on a comparable risk bond? (Round to the nearest cent.)

Year

Cash flow

PVF@7%

Present value

1

110

0.934579439

102.80

2

110

0.873438728

96.08

3

110

0.816297877

89.79

4

110

0.762895212

83.92

5

110

0.712986179

78.43

6

110

0.666342224

73.30

7

110

0.622749742

68.50

8

1110

0.582009105

646.03

1238.85

  

Should you purchase the bond at the current market price?

Yes, We should purchase the bond as the current market price ($1130) of the bond is less than Expected current value ($1238.85) of the same bond.

Year

Cash flow

PVF@7%

Present value

1

110

0.934579439

102.80

2

110

0.873438728

96.08

3

110

0.816297877

89.79

4

110

0.762895212

83.92

5

110

0.712986179

78.43

6

110

0.666342224

73.30

7

110

0.622749742

68.50

8

1110

0.582009105

646.03

1238.85