Eighteen years ago a firm issued $1000 par value bonds with a 6% annual coupon rate and a term to maturity of 30 years. Market interest rates have increased since then and par value bonds today would carry an annual coupon rate of 8% (current yield to maturity). What would these bonds sell for today if they made annual coupon payments

Which type of market are you in if your company, along with three other companies, controls 95 percent of the total music industry?

Which value describes the desire to be one’s own boss? a. autonomy b. status c. security d. entrepreneurship

Ummit record company is negotiating with two banks for a $157,000 loan. fidelity bank requires a compensating balance of 24 percent, discounts the loan, and wants to be paid back in four quarterly payments. southwest bank requires a compensating balance of 12 percent, does not discount the loan, but wants to be paid back in 12 monthly installments. the stated rate for both banks is 9 percent. compensating balances will be subtracted from the $157,000 in determining the available funds in part a. a-1. calculate the effective interest rate for fidelity bank and southwest bank. (do not round intermediate calculations. input your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) a-2. which loan should summit accept? southwest bank fidelity bank b. recompute the effective cost of interest, assuming that summit ordinarily maintains $37,680 at each bank in deposits that will serve as compensating balances