Callable zero coupon bond Answer: c Diff: M

7A-¹⁴³. Recycler Battery Corporation (RBC) issued zero coupon bonds 5 years ago at a price of $214.50 per bond. RBC’s zeros had a 20-year original maturity, with a $1,000 par value. The bonds were callable 10 years after the issue date at a price 7 percent over their accrued value on the call date. If the bonds sell for $239.39 in the market today, what annual rate of return should an investor who buys the bonds today expect to earn on them?

b. 12.4%

d. 9.5%

7A-¹⁴⁴. Today is January 1, 2003 and you just purchased a 7-year, zero coupon bond with a face value of $1,000 and a yield to maturity of 6 percent. Your tax rate is 30 percent. How much in taxes will you have to pay on the bond the first year that you hold it?

b. $211.49

c. $ 12.69

d. $ 39.90

e. $199.52