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Campbell and Carol Morris are senior vice presidents of Chicago Insurance Company. They are fund management division, with Campbell having resp income securities (primarily bonds) ments. A major new client, Mutual of Chicago present an investment seminar to the mayors of t sented cities. Campbell and Morris, who will make the actual presentation, have asked you to help them by answering the following questions. a. What are the key features of a bond? b. How do you determine the value of any asset whose value is based on irectors of the the Mutual of Bond Valuation company's pension responsibility for fixed and Morris responsible for equity invest- the California League of Cities, has requested that he repre- expected future cash flows? c. How do you determine the value of a bond? What is the value of a one-year $1,000 par value bond with a 10 percent annual coupon if its required rate of return is 10 percent? What is the value of a similar 10-year bond? What would be the value of the 10-year bond described in part (e) if, just after it had been issued, the expected inflation rate rose by 3 per- centage points, causing investors to require a 13 percent return? Is the security now a discount bond or a premium bond? d. (1) (2) What would happen to the bond's value if inflation fell and r declined to 7 percent? Would it now be a premium bond or a dis- count bond? required rate of return remained at (i) 13 percent or (i) remained at 7 percent? What is the yield to maturity on a 10-year, 9 percent annual coupon, $1,000 par value bond that sells for $887.00? That sells for $1,134.20? What does the fact that a bond sells at a discount or at a premium tell you about the relationship between ra and the bond's coupon rate (3) What would happen to the value of the 10-year bond over time if the e. (1)

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