Which of the Following Statements Is CORRECT

question 43

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

• A) All else equal, a bond that has a coupon rate of 10% will sell at a discount if the required return for bonds of similar risk is 8%.
• B) The price of a discount bond will increase over time, assuming that the bond's yield to maturity remains constant.
• C) For a given firm, its debentures are likely to have a lower yield to maturity than its mortgage bonds.
• D) When large firms are in financial distress, they are almost always liquidated, whereas smaller firms are generally reorganized.
• E) The total return on a bond during a given year consists only of the coupon interest payments received.

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Definitions:

Growing Annuity

A series of periodic payments that grow at a constant rate per period, often used to calculate the present value of future payments that increase over time.

Present Value

The immediate valuation of a prospective sum of money or sequences of cash payments, utilizing a certain return rate.

Rate of Return

A calculation that determines the percentage gain or loss on an investment relative to the investment's cost.

Years

Units of time measuring the duration of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), commonly used to quantify time.