A Bond Issued 10 Years Ago Had a Face Value

question 126

Multiple Choice

A bond issued 10 years ago had a face value of $2,000; a coupon rate of 5%; and a yield of 6% when it was sold last month in the secondary bond market. At what price did the bond sell in the secondary market?

• A) $1,666.67
• B) $1,880.00
• C) $2,120.00
• D) $2,220.00

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Definitions:

Double-Masked Study

A type of clinical trial where neither the participants nor the experimenters know who is receiving a particular treatment, reducing bias.

Selection Bias

A distortion in the outcome of a study due to non-random selection of participants, leading to an unrepresentative sample.

Double-Masked

A study design in which neither the participants nor the researchers know which participants belong to the control group and which to the experimental group, to prevent bias.

Correlation

A statistical measure that describes the extent to which two variables change together, and the direction (positive or negative) of that relationship.