A 14-year, $1,000 par value, annual-coupon bond pays 9 percent interest annually. A seller wants $1,100 for the bond. The market’s required yield to maturity on a comparable bond is 10 percent.
a. Compute the YTM implied by the asking price
b. Determine the value of the bond to you, given your (i.e., market’s) required rate of return
c. Should you purchase the bond? Why, or why not?