You have just purchased a newly issued municipal bond for $1,000. the bond pays $50 to its holder at the end of the the first, second, and third years and pays $1,050 upon its maturity at the end of the following year. a. what are the principal amount, the term, the coupon rate, and the coupon payment for your bond? instructions: enter your responses as whole numbers. principal amount: $ term: years coupon rate: % coupon payment: $ b. if you decide to sell your bond at the end of 3 years (after receiving the third $50 payment), what price can you expect for your bond if the one-year interest rate at that time is 2 percent? 4 percent? 6 percent? instructions: enter your responses as whole numbers. expected price for the bond at: 2 percent: $ 4 percent: $ 6 percent: $

Pennewell publishing inc. (pp) is a zero growth company. it currently has zero debt and its earnings before interest and taxes (ebit) are $80,000. pp's current cost of equity is 10%, and its tax rate is 40%. the firm has 10,000 shares of common stock outstanding selling at a price per share of $48.00. refer to the data for pennewell publishing inc. (pp). pp is considering changing its capital structure to one with 30% debt and 70% equity, based on market values. the debt would have an interest rate of 8%. the new funds would be used to repurchase stock. it is estimated that the increase in risk resulting from the added leverage would cause the required rate of return on equity to rise to 12%. if this plan were carried out, what would be pp's new value of operations? a. $484,359 b. $521,173 c. $584,653 d. $560,748 e. $487,805