Volume: 52,000 units --- 57,000 units --- 61,000 units
Price: $4.50 per unit --- $4.25 per unit --- $3.85 per unit
Marginal Cost: $3.25 per unit --- $2.50 per unit --- $2.20 per unit
Expected Life of Project: 3 years
Fixed Costs: $14,000 per year
Capital requirement: $100,000 (90% depreciated over the 3-year span)
Market value of equipment in 3 years: $10,000
Charge to Net Working Capital: $30,000 (at t = 0, then recapture at t = 3)
Tax rate: 34%
Risk free rate (3-year): 2.5%
Total Market Return: 9.95%
Project Beta: 2.30
Project Debt/Equity Structure: 0.70
Cost of Debt (pretax): 5.5%
An 8% 20-year $1,000 par bond pays its coupon annually. The market rate has risen to 10% and the bond has 10 years left to maturity. What should the price of this bond be?
a. 900.05
b. 877.11
c. 1023.05
d. 603.47
You own an 11% $1,000 par bond pays its coupon twice each year. The market rate has dropped to 7% and the bond has 12 years left to maturity. You decide to sell the bond as you believe rates will be rising again, soon. What price should you get for this bond?
a. 1000.00
b. 899.44
c. 1321.17
d. 1207.95
As the interest rates rise in the market, what happens to the value of existing bonds?
A. they decrease
b. they increase
c. they do not chaneg
d. they may change, but its not linked to the interest rates