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Last year Carson Industries issued a 10-year, 14% semiannual coupon bond at its par value of $1,000. Currently, the bond can be called in 6 years at a price of $1,060 and it sells for $1,300. What are the bond's nominal yield to maturity and its nominal yield to call? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to two decimal places. YTM: % YTC: % Would an investor be more likely to earn the YTM or the YTC?

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Answer and Explanation:

The computation is shown below:

For nominal yield to maturity

Given that

NPER = 9 × 2 = 18

PMt = $1,000 ×14% ÷ 2 = $70

PV = -$1,300

FV = $1,000

The formula is shown below:

= RATE(NPER,PMT,-PV,FV,TYPE)

After applying the above formula, the yield to maturity is 9.05%

For nominal yield to call

Given that

NPER = 6 × 2 = 18

PMt = $1,000 ×14% ÷ 2 = $70

PV = -$1,300

FV = $1,060

The formula is shown below:

= RATE(NPER,PMT,-PV,FV,TYPE)

After applying the above formula, the yield to call is 8.34%

As the yield to maturity is more than the yield to call so the bond would be likely to called

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