Describe the essential characteristics of a bond and how these characteristics interact to determine bond value, inclusive of how both the interest rate and coupon rate influence bond value and pricing.

2.Summarize call provisions and sinking fund provisions. Explain how these types of provisions individually make bonds more or less risky for a) an investor, and b) the issuer.

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Summarize call provisions and sinking fund provisions. Explain how these types of provisions individually make bonds more or less risky for a) an investor, and b) the issuer.

Sam Strother and Shawna Tibbs are vice presidents of Mutual ofSeattle Insurance Company and co-directors of the companyâs pensionfund management division. An important new client, theNorth-Western Municipal Alliance, has requested that Mutual ofSeattle present an investment seminar to the mayors of therepresented cities, and Strother and Tibbs, who will make theactual presentation, have asked you to help them by answering thefollowing questions.

1. What are the key features of a bond?

2. What are call provisions and sinking fund provisions? Dothese provisions make bonds more or less risky?

Please give me at least one reference. Using complete sentencesand academic vocabulary, please answer questions. Please don't copyfrom other sources. Thank you

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The (-Select- A. discount B. premium C. par) value of a bond is its stated face value or maturity value, and its coupon interest rate is the stated annual interest rate on the bond. The maturity date is the date on which the par value must be repaid. A (-Select- A. call B. redemption C. sinking) provision gives the issuer the right to redeem the bonds under specified terms prior to their normal maturity date, although not all bonds have this provision. Some bonds have (-Select- A. redemption fund B. sinking fund C. call fund) provisions which require the issuer to systematically retire a portion of the bond issue each year. Because sinking fund provisions facilitate their orderly retirement, bonds with these provisions are regarded as being (-Select-A. riskier B. safer C. equivalent) so they will have (-Select- A. lower B. equivalent C. higher) coupon rates than similar bonds without these provisions.

Bonds can be (-Select- A. floating B. zero C. fixed) -rate bonds with a constant coupon rate over the life of the bond, or they can be (-Select- A. floating B. zero C. fixed) -rate bonds with a coupon rate that varies over time depending on the level of interest rates. (-Select- A. Annual coupon B. Zero coupon C. Fixed coupon) bonds pay no annual interest but are sold at a (-Select- A. premium above B. price at C. discount below) par, thus compensating investors in the form of capital appreciation. An original issue discount (OID) bond is any bond originally offered at a price (-Select- A. above its B. below its C. equal to) par value.

(-Select- A. Convertible B. Perpetual C. Putable) bonds are exchangeable at the option of the holder for the issuing firm's common stock. Bonds can be issued with warrants giving the holder the option to purchase the firm's stock for a stated price, thereby providing a capital gain if the stock's price rises. (-Select- A. Income B. Convertible C. Putable) bonds contain a provision that allows holders to sell them back to the company prior to maturity at a prearranged price. (-Select- A. Income B. Default C. Preferred) bonds pay interest only if the firm has earnings, while an indexed (purchasing power) bond bases interest payments on an inflation index to protect the holder from inflation.

Mortgage bonds are backed by (-Select- A. current assets B. fixed assets C. marketable securities) . First mortgage bonds are senior in priority to claims of second mortgage bonds. Debentures are long-term bonds that are not secured by a mortgage. Subordinated debentures are bonds having claims on assets only after senior debt has been paid in full in the event of liquidation. (-Select- A. Secured-debenture B. Investment-grade) bonds are rated triple B or higher, and many banks and other institutional investors are legally limited to only holding these bonds. In contrast, junk bonds are high-risk, high-yield bonds.

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