Oriole, Inc., has bonds outstanding that will mature in eight years. The bonds have a face value of $1,000. These bonds pay interest semiannually and have a coupon rate of 4.6 percent. If the bonds are currently selling at $883.92, what is the yield to maturity that an investor who buys them today can expect to earn? Yield to maturity? What is the effective annual yield?
Oriole, Inc., has bonds outstanding that will mature in eight years. The bonds have a face value of $1,000. These bonds pay interest semiannually and have a coupon rate of 4.6 percent. If the bonds are currently selling at $883.92, what is the yield to maturity that an investor who buys them today can expect to earn? Yield to maturity? What is the effective annual yield?
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Oriole, Inc., has bonds outstanding that will mature in eight years. The bonds have a face value of $1,000. These bonds pay interest semiannually and have a coupon rate of 4.6 percent. If the bonds are currently selling at $883.92, what is the yield to maturity that an investor who buys them today can expect to earn?
Yield to maturity?
What is the effective annual yield?
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