Answer Options:
a. Bond A’s current yield is greater than 8%.
b. Bond A has a higher price than Bond B today, but one year from now the bonds will have the same price.
c. Both bonds have the same price today, and the price of each bond is expected to remain constant until the bonds mature.
Answer:
b
Question: Bonds A, B, and C all have a maturity of 10 years and a yield to maturity of 7%. Bond A’s price exceeds its par value, Bond B’s price equals its par value, and Bond C’s price is less than its par value. None of the bonds can be called. Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. If the yield to maturity on each bond decreases to 6%, Bond A will have the largest percentage increase in its price. b. Bond A has the most price risk. c. If the yield to maturity on the three bonds remains constant, the prices of the three bonds will remain the same over the next year. d. If the yield to maturity on each bond increases to 8%, the prices of all three bonds will decline. e. Bond C sells at a premium over its par value.
Answer Options:
a. If the yield to maturity on each bond decreases to 6%, Bond A will have the largest percentage increase in its price.
b. Bond A has the most price risk.
c. If the yield to maturity on the three bonds remains constant, the prices of the three bonds will remain the same over the next year.
d. If the yield to maturity on each bond increases to 8%, the prices of all three bonds will decline.
e. Bond C sells at a premium over its par value.
Answer:
d
Question: Bond A has a 9% annual coupon, while Bond B has a 7% annual coupon. Both bonds have the same maturity, a face value of $1,000, an 8% yield to maturity, and are noncallable. Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. Bond A’s capital gains yield is greater than Bond B’s capital gains yield. b. Bond A trades at a discount, whereas Bond B trades at a premium. c. If the yield to maturity for both bonds remains at 8%, Bond A’s price one year from now will be higher than it is today, but Bond B’s price one year from now will be lower than it is today. d. If the yield to maturity for both bonds immediately decreases to 6%, Bond A’s bond will have a larger percentage increase in value. e. Bond A’s current yield is greater than that of Bond B.
Answer Options:
a. Bond A’s capital gains yield is greater than Bond B’s capital gains yield.
b. Bond A trades at a discount, whereas Bond B trades at a premium.
c. If the yield to maturity for both bonds remains at 8%, Bond A’s price one year from now will be higher than it is today, but Bond B’s price one year from now will be lower than it is today.
d. If the yield to maturity for both bonds immediately decreases to 6%, Bond A’s bond will have a larger percentage increase in value.
e. Bond A’s current yield is greater than that of Bond B.
Answer:
e
Question: A 15-year bond with a face value of $1,000 currently sells for $850. Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. The bond’s coupon rate exceeds its current yield. b. The bond’s current yield exceeds its yield to maturity. c. The bond’s yield to maturity is greater than its coupon rate. d. The bond’s current yield is equal to its coupon rate. e. If the yield to maturity stays constant until the bond matures, the bond’s price will remain at $850.
Answer:
c
Question: Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. All else equal, senior debt generally has a lower yield to maturity than subordinated debt. b. An expenditure is a bond that is less risky than a mortgage bond. c. The expected return on a corporate bond will generally exceed the bond’s yield to maturity. d. If a bond’s coupon rate exceeds its yield to maturity, then its expected return to investors will also exceed its yield to maturity. e. Under our bankruptcy laws, any firm that is in financial distress will be forced to declare bankruptcy and then be liquidated.
Answer:
a
Question: A 10-year bond pays an annual coupon, its YTM is 8%, and it currently trades at a premium. Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. The bond’s current yield is less than 8%. b. If the yield to maturity remains at 8%, then the bond’s price will decline over the next year.
Answer:
b
Question: Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. If a coupon bond is selling at par, its current yield equals its yield to maturity. b. If rates fall after its issue, a zero coupon bond could trade at a price above its maturity (or par) value. c. If rates fall rapidly, a zero coupon bond’s expected appreciation could become negative. d. If a firm moves from a position of strength toward financial distress, its bonds’ yield to maturity would probably decline. e. If a bond is selling at a premium, this implies that its yield to maturity exceeds its coupon rate.
Answer Options:
a. If a coupon bond is selling at par, its current yield equals its yield to maturity.
b. If rates fall after its issue, a zero coupon bond could trade at a price above its maturity (or par) value.
c. If rates fall rapidly, a zero coupon bond’s expected appreciation could become negative.
d. If a firm moves from a position of strength toward financial distress, its bonds’ yield to maturity would probably decline.
e. If a bond is selling at a premium, this implies that its yield to maturity exceeds its coupon rate.
Answer:
a
Question: The standard deviation is a better measure of risk than the coefficient of variation if the expected returns of the securities being compared differ significantly. a. True b. False
Answer:
b
Question: Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. A zero coupon bond’s current yield is equal to its yield to maturity. b. If a bond’s yield to maturity exceeds its coupon rate, the bond will sell at par. c. All else equal, if a bond’s yield to maturity increases, its price will fall. d. If a bond’s yield to maturity exceeds its coupon rate, the bond will sell at a premium over par. e. All else equal, if a bond’s yield to maturity increases, its current yield will fall.
Answer:
c
Question: Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. One disadvantage of zero coupon bonds is that the issuing firm cannot realize any tax savings from the use of debt until the bonds mature. b. Other things held constant, a callable bond should have a lower yield to maturity than a noncallable bond. c. Once a firm declares bankruptcy, it must be liquidated by the trustee, who uses the proceeds to pay bondholders, unpaid wages, taxes, and legal fees. d. 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. e. A firm with a sinking fund that gives 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.
Answer Options:
a. One disadvantage of zero coupon bonds is that the issuing firm cannot realize any tax savings from the use of debt until the bonds mature.
b. Other things held constant, a callable bond should have a lower yield to maturity than a noncallable bond.
c. Once a firm declares bankruptcy, it must be liquidated by the trustee, who uses the proceeds to pay bondholders, unpaid wages, taxes, and legal fees.
d. 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.
e. A firm with a sinking fund that gives 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.
Answer:
d
Question: Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. All else equal, secured debt is more risky than unsecured debt. b. The expected return on a corporate bond must be greater than its promised return if the probability of default is greater than zero. c. All else equal, senior debt has more default risk than subordinated debt. d. A company’s bond rating is affected by its financial ratios but not by provisions in its indenture. e. Under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Act, the assets of a firm that declares bankruptcy must be liquidated, and the proceeds must be used to pay off claims against it according to the priority of the claims as spelled out in the Act.
Answer:
e
Question: The prices of high-coupon bonds tend to be less sensitive to a given change in interest rates than low-coupon bonds, other things held constant. True False
Answer:
True
Question: Assume that all interest rates in the economy decline from 10% to 9%. Which of the following bonds would have the largest percentage increase in price? a. An 8-year bond with a 9% coupon. b. A 1-year bond with a 15% coupon. c. A 3-year bond with a 10% coupon. d. A 10-year zero coupon bond. e. A 10-year bond with a 10% coupon.
Answer:
d
Question: A 10-year bond with a 9% annual coupon has a yield to maturity of 8%. Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. If the yield to maturity remains constant, the bond’s price one year from now will be higher than its current price. b. The bond is selling below its par value. c. The bond is selling at a discount. d. If the yield to maturity remains constant, the bond’s price one year from now will be lower than its current price. e. The bond’s current yield is greater than 9%.
Answer:
d
Question: Which of the following bonds has the greatest price risk? a. A 10-year $100 annuity. b. A 10-year, $1,000 face value, zero coupon bond. c. A 10-year, $1,000 face value, 10% coupon bond with annual interest payments. d. All 10-year bonds have the same price risk since they have the same maturity. e. A 10-year, $1,000 face value, 10% coupon bond with semiannual interest payments.
Answer:
b
Question: The coefficient of variation, calculated as the standard deviation of expected returns divided by the expected return, is a standardized measure of the risk per unit of expected return. a. True b. False
Answer:
a
Question: A Treasury bond has an 8% annual coupon and a 7.5% yield to maturity. Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. The bond sells at a price below par. b. The bond has a current yield greater than 8%. c. The bond sells at a discount. d. The bond’s required rate of return is less than 7.5%. e. If the yield to maturity remains constant, the price of the bond will decline over time.
Answer:
a
Question: If its yield to maturity declined by 1%, which of the following bonds would have the largest percentage increase in value? a. A 1-year zero coupon bond. b. A 1-year bond with an 8% coupon. c. A 10-year bond with an 8% coupon. d. A 10-year bond with a 12% coupon. e. A 10-year zero coupon bond.
Answer:
e
Question: Three $1,000 face value, 10-year, noncallable, bonds have the same amount of risk, hence their YTMs are equal. Bond 8 has an 8% annual coupon, Bond 10 has a 10% annual coupon, and Bond 12 has a 12% annual coupon. Bond 10 sells at par. Assuming that interest rates remain constant for the next 10 years, which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. Bond 8’s current yield will increase each year. b. 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. c. Bond 12 sells at a premium (its price is greater than par), and its price is expected to increase over the next year. d. Bond 8 sells at a discount (its price is less than par), and its price is expected to increase over the next year. e. Over the next year, Bond 8’s price is expected to decrease, Bond 10’s price is expected to stay the same, and Bond 12’s price is expected to increase.
Answer:
d
Question: A 10-year corporate bond has an annual coupon of 9%. The bond is currently selling at par ($1,000). Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. The bond’s expected capital gains yield is zero. b. The bond’s yield to maturity is above 9%. c. The bond’s current yield is above 9%. d. If the bond’s yield to maturity declines, the bond will sell at a discount. e. The bond’s current yield is less than its expected capital gains yield.
Answer:
a
Question: Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. If a 10-year, $1,000 par, zero coupon bond were issued at a price that gave investors a 10% yield to maturity, and if interest rates then dropped to the point where rd = YTM = 5%, the bond would sell at a premium over its $1,000 par value. b. If a 10-year, $1,000 par, 10% coupon bond were issued at par, and if interest rates then dropped to the point where rd = YTM = 5%, we could be sure that the bond would sell at a premium above its $1,000 par value. c. Other things held constant, including the coupon rate, a corporation would rather issue noncallable bonds than callable bonds. d. Other things held constant, a callable bond would have a lower required rate of return than a noncallable bond because it would have a shorter expected life. e. Bonds are exposed to both reinvestment risk and price risk. Longer-term low-coupon bonds, relative to shorter-term high-coupon bonds, are generally more exposed to reinvestment risk than price risk.
Answer Options:
a. If a 10-year, $1,000 par, zero coupon bond were issued at a price that gave investors a 10% yield to maturity, and if interest rates then dropped to the point where rd = YTM = 5%, the bond would sell at a premium over its $1,000 par value.
b. If a 10-year, $1,000 par, 10% coupon bond were issued at par, and if interest rates then dropped to the point where rd = YTM = 5%, we could be sure that the bond would sell at a premium above its $1,000 par value.
c. Other things held constant, including the coupon rate, a corporation would rather issue noncallable bonds than callable bonds.
d. Other things held constant, a callable bond would have a lower required rate of return than a noncallable bond because it would have a shorter expected life.
e. Bonds are exposed to both reinvestment risk and price risk. Longer-term low-coupon bonds, relative to shorter-term high-coupon bonds, are generally more exposed to reinvestment risk than price risk.
Answer:
b
Question: Tucker Corporation is planning to issue new 20-year bonds. The current plan is to make the bonds non-callable, but may be changed. If the bonds are made callable after 5 years at a 5% call premium, how would this affect their required rate of return? a. Because of the call premium, the required rate of return would decline. b. There is no reason to expect a change in the required rate of return. c. The required rate of return would decline because the bond would then be less risky to a bondholder. d. The required rate of return would increase because the bond would then be more risky to a bondholder. e. It is impossible to say without more information.
Answer:
d