Question: Yield-to-Maturity and Required Bond Returns (Easy) After analyzing the default risk for a five-year bond with a maturity value of $1,000 and an 8 percent annual coupon, an analyst estimates the required return for the bond at 7 percent per year. The bond has just been issued at a price of $1,000.
a. What is the value of the bond at a 7 percent required return?
b. What is the yield-to-maturity with a market price of $1 ,000?
c. What is the expected return of buying the bond at a price of $1,000?
d. Does the analyst think that the bond is appropriately priced by the bond market?