(Bond valuation) Fingen’s 15-year, $1,000 par value bonds pay 11 percent interest annually. The market price of the bonds is $1,050 and the markets required yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond is 12 percent.
a. Compute the bonds expected rate of return.
b. Determine the value of the bond to you, given your required rate of return.
c. Should you purchase the bond?