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1、CHAPTER5INTERESTRATESANDBONDVALUATIONAnswerstoConceptsReviewandCriticalThinkingQuestions1. No.Asinterestratesfluctuate,thevalueofaTreasurysecuritywillfluctuate.Long-termTreasurysecuritieshavesubstantialinterestraterisk.2. Allelsethesame,theTreasurysecuritywillhavelowercouponsbecauseofitslowerdefault
2、risk,soitwillhavegreaterinterestraterisk.3. No.Ifthebidwerehigherthantheask,theimplicationwouldbethatadealerwaswillingtosellabondandimmediatelybuyitbackatahigherprice.Howmanysuchtransactionswouldyouliketodo?4. Pricesandyieldsmoveinoppositedirections.Sincethebidpricemustbelower,thebidyieldmustbehighe
3、r.5. Therearetwobenefits.First,thecompanycantakeadvantageofinterestratedeclinesbycallinginanissueandreplacingitwithalowercouponissue.Second,acompanymightwishtoeliminateacovenantforsomereason.Callingtheissuedoesthis.Thecosttothecompanyisahighercoupon.Aputprovisionisdesirablefromaninvestor,sstandpoint
4、soithelpsthecompanybyreducingthecouponrateonthebond.Thecosttothecompanyisthatitmayhavetobuybackthebondatanunattractiveprice.6. Bondissuerslookatoutstandingbondsofsimilarmaturityandrisk.Theyieldsonsuchbondsareusedtoestablishthecouponratenecessaryforaparticularissuetoinitiallysellforparvalue.Bondissu
5、ersalsosimplyaskpotentialpurchaserswhatcouponratewouldbenecessarytoattractthem.Thecouponrateisfixedandsimplydetermineswhatthebond,scouponpaymentswillbe.Therequiredreturniswhatinvestorsactuallydemandontheissue,anditwillfluctuatethroughtime.Thecouponrateandrequiredreturnareequalonlyifthebondsellsforex
6、actlyatpar.7. Yes.Someinvestorshaveobligationsthataredenominatedindollars;i.e.,theyarenominal.Theirprimaryconcernisthataninvestmentprovidestheneedednominaldollaramounts.Pensionfunds,forexample,oftenmustplanforpensionpaymentsmanyyearsinthefuture.Ifthosepaymentsarefixedindollarterms,thenitisthenominal
7、returnonaninvestmentthatisimportant.Companiespaytohavetheirbondsratedsimplybecauseunratedbondscanbedifficulttosell;manylargeinvestorsareprohibitedfrominvestinginunratedissues.TreasurybondshavenocreditrisksinceitisbackedbytheU.S.government,soaratingisnotnecessary.Junkbondsoftenarenotratedbecausethere
8、wouldbenopointinanissuerpayingaratingagencytoassignitsbondsalowrating(it,slikepayingsomeonetokickyou!).10. Thetermstructureisbasedonpurediscountbonds.Theyieldcurveisbasedoncoupon-bearingissues.11. Bondratingshaveasubjectivefactortothem.Splitratingsreflectadifferenceofopinionamongcreditagencies.12. A
9、sageneralconstitutionalprinciple,thefederalgovernmentcannottaxthestateswithouttheirconsentifdoingsowouldinterferewithstategovernmentfunctions.Atonetime,thisprinciplewasthoughttoprovideforthetax-exemptstatusofmunicipalinterestpayments.However,moderncourtrulingsmakeitclearthatCongresscanrevokethemunic
10、ipalexemption,sotheonlybasisnowappearstobehistoricalprecedent.Thefactthatthestatesandthefederalgovernmentdonottaxeachother,ssecuritiesisreferredtoasreciprocalimmunity.,13. Lackoftransparencymeansthatabuyerorsellercan,tseerecenttransactions,soitismuchhardertodeterminewhatthebestbidandaskpricesareatan
11、ypointintime.14. Onemeasureofliquidityisthebid-askspread.Liquidinstrumentshaverelativelysmallspreads.LookingatFigure7.4,thebellwetherbondhasaspreadofonetick;itisoneofthemostliquidofallinvestments.Generally,liquiditydeclinesafterabondisissued.Someolderbonds,includingsomeofthecallableissues,havespread
12、saswideassixticks.15. Companieschargethatbondratingagenciesarepressuringthemtopayforbondratings.Whenacompanypaysforarating,ithastheopportunitytomakeitscaseforaparticularrating.Withanunsolicitedrating,thecompanyhasnoinput.16. A100-yearbondlookslikeashareofpreferredstock.Inparticular,itisaloanwithalif
13、ethatalmostcertainlyexceedsthelifeofthelender,assumingthatthelenderisanindividual.Withajunkbond,thecreditriskcanbesohighthattheborrowerisalmostcertaintodefault,meaningthatthecreditorsareverylikelytoendupaspartownersofthebusiness.Inbothcases,the“equityindisguisehasasignificanttaxadvantage.17. a.Thebo
14、ndpriceisthepresentvalueofthecashflowsfromabond.TheYTMistheinterestrateusedinvaluingthecashflowsfromabond.b. Ifthecouponrateishigherthantherequiredreturnonabond,thebondwillsellatapremium,sinceitprovidesperiodicincomeintheformofcouponpaymentsinexcessofthatrequiredbyinvestorsonothersimilarbonds.Ifthec
15、ouponrateislowerthantherequiredreturnonabond,thebondwillsellatadiscountsinceitprovidesinsufficientcouponpaymentscomparedtothatrequiredbyinvestorsonothersimilarbonds.Forpremiumbonds,thecouponrateexceedstheYTM;fordiscountbonds,theYTMexceedsthecouponrate,andforbondssellingatpar,theYTMisequaltothecoupon
16、rate.c. Currentyieldisdefinedastheannualcouponpaymentdividedbythecurrentbondprice.Forpremiumbonds,thecurrentyieldexceedstheYTM,fordiscountbondsthecurrentyieldislessthantheYTM,andforbondssellingatparvalue,thecurrentyieldisequaltotheYTM.Inallcases,thecurrentyieldplustheexpectedone-periodcapitalgainsyi
17、eldofthebondmustbeequaltotherequiredreturn.18. Along-termbondhasmoreinterestrateriskcomparedtoashort-termbond,allelsethesame.Alowcouponbondhasmoreinterestrateriskthanahighcouponbond,allelsethesame.Whencomparingahighcoupon,long-termbondtoalowcoupon,short-termbond,weareunsurewhichhasmoreinterestrateri
18、sk.Generally,thematurityofabondisamoreimportantdeterminantoftheinterestraterisk,sothelong-termhighcouponbondprobablyhasmoreinterestraterisk.Theexceptionwouldbeifthematuritiesareclose,andthecouponratesarevastlydifferent.SolutionstoQuestionsandProblemsNOTE:Allendofchapterproblemsweresolvedusingaspread
19、sheet.Manyproblemsrequiremultiplesteps.Duetospaceandreadabilityconstraints,whentheseintermediatestepsareincludedinthissolutionsmanual,roundingmayappeartohaveoccurred.However,thefinalanswerforeachproblemisfoundwithoutroundingduringanystepintheproblem.NOTE:Mostproblemsdonotexplicitlylistaparvalueforbo
20、nds.Eventhoughabondcanhaveanyparvalue,ingeneral,corporatebondsintheUnitedStateswillhaveaparvalueof$1,000.Wewillusethisparvalueinallproblemsunlessadifferentparvalueisexplicitlystated.BCISiC1. Thepriceofapurediscount(zerocoupon)bondisthepresentvalueofthepar.Eventhoughthebondmakesnocouponpayments,thepr
21、esentvalueisfoundusingsemiannualcompoundingperiods,consistentwithcouponbonds.Thisisabondpricingconvention.So,thepriceofthebondforeachYTMis:a.P=1,000/(1+.O3)20=553.68b.P=1,000/(1+.O5)20=376.89c.P=1,000/(1+.O7)20=258.422. ThepriceofanybondisthePVoftheinterestpayment,plusthePVoftheparvalue.Noticethispr
22、oblemassumesanannualcoupon.ThepriceofthebondateachYTMwillbe:a. P=40(l-1/(1+.O4)40/.04)+fl,000l/(1+.O4)40P=1,000.00WhentheYTMandthecouponrateareequal,thebondwillsellatpar.b. P=40(l-1/(1+.O5)40/.05)+fl,000l/(1+.O5)40P=828.41WhentheYTMisgreaterthanthecouponrate,thebondwillsellatadiscount.c. P=40(l-1/(1
23、O3)40/.03)+l,000l/(1+.O3)40P=1,231.15WhentheYTMislessthanthecouponrate,thebondwillsellatapremium.Wewouldliketointroduceshorthandnotationhere.Ratherthanwrite(ortype,asthecasemaybe)theentireequationforthePVofalumpsum,orthePVAequation,itiscommontoabbreviatetheequationsas:PVIF=l(l+r/whichstandsforPres
24、entValueInterestFactorPVIFA=(l-l(l+r)whichstandsforPresentValueInterestFactorofanAnnuityTheseabbreviationsareshorthandnotationfortheequationsinwhichtheinterestrateandthenumberofperiodsaresubstitutedintotheequationandsolved.Wewillusethisshorthandnotationinremainderofthesolutionskey.3. Herewearefindin
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