Question

Setrakian Industries needs to raise $83.3 million to fund a new project. The company will sell bonds that have a coupon rate of 5.88 percent paid semiannually and that mature in 30 years. The bonds will be sold at an initial YTM of 6.61 percent and have a par value of $2,000. How many bonds must be sold to raise the necessary funds

Answer 1

Answer:

The question is missing the options, which can be found in the attached.

The number of bonds necessary to raise the funds is 46,009

Explanation:

First of all, I calculated the price at which would be issued using the pv formula in excel, which =pv(rate,nper,pmt,fv)

rate is the yield to maturity divided by 2 because it is semi-annual payment

nper is 30 years multiplied by 2

pmt is the semi-annual coupon payment

fv is the $2000 payable on maturity

Find attached.

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