Media Bias Inc. issued bonds 10 years ago at $1,000 per bond. These bonds had a

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Media Bias Inc. issued bonds 10 years ago at $1,000 per bond. These bonds had a 40-year life when issued and the annual interest payment was then 13 percent. This return was in line with the required returns by bondholders at that point in time as described below:
  

New Price of the Bond____

Real rate of return 3 % Inflation premium 5 Risk premium 5 Total return 13 % Appendix B Present value of $1,PVF PV=FV Percent Period 4 Appendlx B (concluded) Percent Period 50% 0.783 0.769 0.756 0.743 0.731 0.718 0.706 0.694 0.640 0.592 0.549 0.510 0.444 0.693 0.675 0.658 0.641 0.624 0.609 0.593 0.579 0512 0.455 0.406 0.364 0.296 0.480 0.456 0.432 0.410 0.390 0.370 0.352 0.335 0.262 0.207 0.165 0.133 0.088 0.425 0.400 0.376 0.354 0.333 0.314 0.296 0.279 0.210 0.159 0.122 0.095 0.059 0.261 0.237 0.215 0.195 0.178 0.162 0.148 0.135 0.086 0.056 0.037 0.025 0.012 0.160 0.140 0.123 0.108 0.095 0.084 0.074 0.065 0.035 0.020 0.011 0.006 0.002 0.125 0.108 0.093 0.080 0.069 0.060 0.052 0.045 0.023 0.012 0.006 0.003 0.001 0.098 0.083 0.070 0.060 0.051 0.043 0.037 0.031 0.014 0.007 0.003 0.002 0 0.087 0.073 0.061 0.051 0.043 0.037 0.031 0.026 0.012 0.005 0.002 0.001 0 0.047 0.038 0.030 0.024 0.020 0.016 0.013 0.010 0.004 0.001 0.001 0 0.026 0.020 0.015 0.012 0.009 0.007 0.005 0.004 0.001 0

Explanation / Answer

N = 30

FV = 1000

rate = 10%

PMT = 130

use PV function in Excel

price of the bond = 1,282.81

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