96. The required return by investors is directly influenced by all of the following except:
97. The required return by investors is important to financial managers except for which of the following
reasons?
98. The market allocates capital to firms based on all of the following except:
99. Market Enterprises would like to issue $1,000 bonds and needs to determine the approximate rate it
would need to pay investors. A firm with similar risk recently issued bonds with the following current
features: a 5% coupon rate, 10 years until maturity, and a current price of $1,170.50. At what rate would
Market Enterprises expect to issue bonds, assuming annual interest payments? Please round to the
closest answer. (Solve this problem using either Excel’s “Goal Seek” function, plug into tvm tables, or a
financial calculator.)
100. Star Corp. issued bonds two years ago with a 7% coupon rate. The bonds are currently trading for
$928 in the market. Which of the following most likely has occurred since the time of issue?