The Faulk Corp. has a 5 percent coupon bond outstanding. The Gonas Company has a 11 percent bond outstanding. Both bonds have 19 years to maturity, make semiannual payments, and have a YTM of 8 percent. If interest rates suddenly rise by 2 percent, what is the percentage change in the price of these bonds?

It is estimated that over 100,000 students will apply to the top 30 m. b.a. programs in the united states this year. a. using the concept of net present value and opportunity cost, when is it rational for an individual to pursue an m. b.a. degree. b. what would you expect to happen to the number of applicants if the starting salaries of managers with m. b.a. degrees remained constant but salaries of managers without such degrees decreased by 20 percent