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 The long term bonds issued by the  Yield to maturity is the rate investors earn if

government are called Treasury bonds they buy the bond at a specific price and
 A bond with a face value of P1,000 that sells hold it until maturity. True
for less than P1,000 in the market is called a  The volatility of the price of a bond is
Discount bond measured by duration. True
 These are corporate bonds where the coupon  Bonds yields are influenced by interest-rate
can be adjusted at pre-determined intervals. expectations, the term in premium, credit
Floating rate note risk and liquidity. True
 When the market’s required rate of return  Floating rate note has coupon rate that
for a particular bond is much less than its moves in line with market rates. True
coupon rate, the bond is selling at: Premium  Since a puttable bond gives it holder the
 A low or deep/zero-discounted bond is a right to “put the bond” at specified times or
Zero coupon bond actions by the firm, the bond’s yield is lower
 A technique for determining the theoretical than that of a non-puttable bond. True
fair value of a particular bond, including the  In the valuation process, the higher the risk,
present and future value of its cash flows. the greater the required return. True
Bond valuation  In a practical sense, the longer the term of a
 An investor or the owner of debt securities bond, the greater the default risk associated
that are typically issued by corporations and with the bond. TRUE
governments are essentially lending money  A bond is said to sell at a premium when the
to the bond issuer Bond holder required return and the bond value fall
 The expected rate of return on a bond if below the coupon interest rate and the par,
bought at its current market price and held to respectively. False
maturity. Yield to maturity  A bond is said to sell at a premium when the
 It is used to calculate the present value of a required return and the bond value fall
bond? Yield to maturity below the coupon interest rate and the par,
 A bond will sell at a discount when ____? respectively. False
The coupon rate is less than the current yield  There is an inverse relationship between the
and the current yield is less than yield to quality or rating of a bond and the rate of
maturity return it must provide bondholders. True
 The ___ feature allows the bondholder to  When the bond value differs from par, the
change each bond into a stated number of yield to maturity will differ from the coupon
shares of stock. Conversion interest rate. True
 Market price of the bond changes according  Debentures such as convertible bonds are
to which of the following reasons? All of the unsecured bonds that only credit worthy
above firms can issue. True
 Which of the following statements is most  Dirty price is the price of a bond that ignores
correct? All else equal, if a bond’s yield to any interest which may have accrued since
maturity increases, its price will fall the last coupon payment. False
 The ___ feature permits the issuer to  Bonds are fixed income investments in
repurchase bonds at a stated price prior to which an investor loans money to an entity
maturity. Call that borrows the funds for a defined period
 The stated interest payment, in dollars, made of a time at a fixed interest rate. These are
on a bond each period is called the bond’s essentially loan agreements between issuer
Coupon and an investor. True

 Call feature is a feature included in almost


all corporate bonds that allows the issuer to
repurchase bonds at the market price prior to
maturity. False

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