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PFIN 5th Edition by Randall Billingsley,Lawrence Gitman,Michael Joehnk

Edition 5ISBN: 978-1305661707
book PFIN 5th Edition by Randall Billingsley,Lawrence Gitman,Michael Joehnk cover

PFIN 5th Edition by Randall Billingsley,Lawrence Gitman,Michael Joehnk

Edition 5ISBN: 978-1305661707
Exercise 9
Describe and differentiate between a bond's (a) current yield and (b) yield to maturity. Why are these yield measures important to the bond investor? Find the yield to maturity of a 20-year, 9 percent, $1,000 par value bond trading at a price of $850. What's the current yield on this bond?
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Yield to maturity is the return earn...

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