The Chief Financial Officer of a company would like to raise money for new equipment by floating a new bond issue.  The CFO would like to receive $1000 (full face value) for each of the bonds she sells.  After collecting the below bond market data, and if the bonds carry a rating of A and have a term of 10 years, what coupon rate should be included in the bond contract?   Assume an annual coupon paymen

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The Chief Financial Officer of a company would like to raise money for new equipment by floating a new bond issue.  The CFO would like to receive $1000 (full face value) for each of the bonds she sells.  After collecting the below bond market data, and if the bonds carry a rating of A and have a term of 10 years, what coupon rate should be included in the bond contract?   Assume an annual coupon payment.   

 

Security
& Rating
          Maturity Face     Coupon     Price 

Treasury    1 $    1,000    0.00% $     965.00 

Treasury    3 $    1,000    1.90% $     939.06 

Treasury    5 $    1,000    4.30% $     932.42 

Treasury   10 $    1,000    6.80% $   1,007.12 

Treasury   15 $    1,000    6.60% $     908.25 

CorpA  A   5  $    1,000    8.10% $     990.00 

CorpB  BB  10 $    1,000    7.90% $     859.88 

CorpC  AA  15 $    1,000    7.00% $     660.00

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