Chapter 8 Interest Rates and Bond Valuation - Bond yields

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Corporate Finance, 9/e

Stephen A. Ross, Massachussetts Institute of Technology

Randolph W. Westerfield, University of Southern California

Jeffrey F. Jaffe, University of Pennsylvania

ISBN 978-0073105901

Chapter 8 Interest Rates and Bond Valuation

17. Bond yields Pembroke Co. wants to issue new 20-year bonds for some much-needed expansion projects. The company currently has 10 percent coupon bonds on the market that sell for $1,063, make semiannual payments, and mature in 20 years. What coupon rate should the company set on its new bonds if it wants to sell at par.