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Ashburn Corporation issued 15-year bonds 2 years ago at a coupon rate of 8.8 percent. The bonds make semiannual payments. If these bonds currently sell for 96 percent of par value, what is the YTM? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) YTM %

          Ashburn Corporation issued 15-year bonds 2 years ago at a coupon rate of 8.8 percent.
The bonds make semiannual payments. If these bonds currently sell for 96 percent of
par value, what is the YTM? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your
answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
YTM
%

Ashburn Corporation issued 15-year bonds 2 years ago at a coupon rate of 8.8 percent.
The bonds make semiannual payments. If these bonds currently sell for 96 percent of
par value, what is the YTM? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your
answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
YTM
%

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The bond has a 15-year maturity and makes semiannual payments, so it will make a total of 15 * 2 = 30 payments. The coupon rate is 8.8%, so each payment will be 8.8% * par value / 2 = 0.044 * par value. The present value of each payment can be calculated using the Show more…

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Ashburn Corporation issued 15-year bonds 2 years ago at a coupon rate of 8.8 percent. The bonds make semiannual payments. If these bonds currently sell for 96 percent of par value, what is the YTM? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g. 32.16.)