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CHAPTER 6 Interest Rates and Bond Valuation INSTRUCTOR’S RESOURCES Overview This chapter begins with a thorough discussion of interest rates, yield curves, and their relationship to required returns. Features of the major types of bond issues are presented along with their legal issues, risk characteristics, and indenture convents. The chapter then introduces students to the important concept of valuation and demonstrates the impact of cash flows, timing, and risk on value. It explains models for valuing bonds and the calculation of yield-to-maturity using either the trial-and-e