Kohl's Corporation (KSS) has just issued a thirty-year bond with a par value of $1,000 and a coupon rate of 7.7%, paid semiannually. The bond includes a call provision that allows KSS to call the bond in ten years at a call price of $1100. The yield to maturity is currently 7.7%, compounded semiannually, and it is expected to remain at that value until ten years from today. Ten years from today, there is a 29% probability that the yield to maturity will permanently decrease to 4.8%, compounded semiannually, and a 71% probability that the yield to maturity does not change throughout the life of the bond.
Part A : If the yield to maturity decreases to 4.8%, what is the price of this bond ten years from today?
The bond price in ten years would be:
Part B What is the price of this bond today?
The bond price today is:
Part C What is the price of an equivalent bond with no call provision?
The bond price today is: