20. A newly issued 10-year maturity, 4% coupon bond making annual coupon payments is sold to the public at a price of $800. What will be an investor’s taxable income from the bond over the coming year? The bond will not be sold at the end of the year. The bond is treated as an originalissue discount bond.
21. A 30-year maturity, 8% coupon bond paying coupons semiannually is callable in 5 years at a call price of $1,100. The bond currently sells at a yield to maturity of 7% (3.5% per half-year).
a. What is the yield to call?
b. What is the yield to call if the call price is only $1,050?
c. What is the yield to call if the call price is $1,100, but the bond can be called in 2 years instead of 5 years?
22. A 10-year bond of a firm in severe financial distress has a coupon rate of 14% and sells for $900. The firm is currently renegotiating the debt, and it appears that the lenders will allow the firm to reduce coupon payments on the bond to one-half the originally contracted amount.
The firm can handle these lower payments. What is the stated and expected yield to maturity of the bonds? The bond makes its coupon payments annually.