The following table shows your stock positions at the beginning of the year, the dividends that each

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Fin 370 week 3

Complete the following problem sets from Chapter 7 in Microsoft^® Excel^®:

•    7-21

•    7-27 

Complete the following problem sets from Chapter 8 in Microsoft^® Excel^®:

•    8-19

•    8-21

Complete the following problem sets from Chapter 9 in Microsoft^® Excel^®:

•    9-31

7-21 Compute Bond Price Compute the price of a 3.8 percent coupon bond with 15 years left to maturity and a market interest rate of 6.8 percent. (Assume interest payments are semiannual.) Is this a discount or premium bond? (LG7-4)

7-27 Yield to Maturity A 5.65 percent coupon bond with 18 years left to maturity is offered for sale at $1,035.25. What yield to maturity is the bond offering? (Assume interest payments are semiannual.) (LG7-6)

8-19   Value a Constant Growth Stock Financial analysts forecast Safeco Corp.’s (SAF) growth rate for the future to be 8 percent. Safeco’s recent dividend was $0.88. What is the value of Safeco stock when the required return is 12 percent? (LG8-5)

8-21   Expected Return Ecolap Inc. (ECL) recently paid a $0.46 dividend. The dividend is expected to grow at a 14.5 percent rate. At a current stock price of $44.12, what is the return shareholders are expecting? (LG8-5)

9-31  Portfolio Return The following table shows your stock positions at the beginning of the year, the dividends that each stock paid during the year, and the stock prices at the end of the year. What is your portfolio dollar return and percentage return? (LG9-7)

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