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Kaylis [27]
3 years ago
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You are going to make an investment of $1000, and are considering 2 options: Option one is a zero-coupon 5-year bond of a compan

y that just declared bankruptcy. Its face value is $1000 and its current price is $250 (so you would purchase 4 of them). You believe that at the time of bond maturity, there is a 50% chance that bond holders will end up receiving 20% of face value, and a 50% chance that bond-holders will receive 35% of face value (there is no chance the bond-holders will receive the full $1000 of face value).
a. What is the expected return of the risky corporate bond over the 5-year holding-period (in %)?
b. What is its effective annual return?
c. Which one of these statements is true?

1. The risky corporate bond is the superior investment
2. The government bond is the superior investment
Business
1 answer:
Andrei [34K]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

a. What is the expected return of the risky corporate bond over the 5-year holding-period (in %)?

expected return in $ = (50% x 20% x $1,000 x 4) + (50% x 35% x $1,000 x 4) = $400 + $700 = $1,100

holding period return = ($1,100 - $1,000) / $1,000 = 10%

b. What is its effective annual return?

(1 + 10%)⁰°² - 1 = 1.92%

b. What is its effective annual return?

  • 2. The government bond is the superior investment

The yield of he corporate bond is very low and the risk is too high.

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