Complete question:
Security Term (years) Yield (%)
Treasury 2 0 5.5%
AAA Corporate 2 0 7.0%
BBB Corporate 20 8.0%
B Corporate 2 0 9.6%
Wyatt Oil is contemplating issuing a 20-year bond with semiannual coupons, a coupon rate of 7%, and a face value of $1000. Wyatt Oil believes it can get a BBB rating from Standard and Poor's for this bond issue. If Wyatt Oil is successful in getting a BBB rating, then the issue price for these bonds would be closest to:
A) $891 B) $901 C) $1,000 D) $800
Answer:
If Wyatt Oil is successful in getting a BBB rating, then the issue price for these bonds would be closest to: $901
Solution:
Given,
FV = 1000,
N = 40,
I = 4,
PMT = 35
Compute PV ,
PV = [tex]FV \frac{1}{( 1+r)^{n} }[/tex]
PV = 901.04
If Wyatt Oil is successful in getting a BBB rating, then the issue price for these bonds would be closest to: $901
