Investors buying bonds and corporations issuing bonds (both) accept investment risk. Which of the following statements is most correct when it comes to the investment that one or the other party accepts?
A) If investor Joe is holding a bond that pays 5% and market interest rates on similar bonds go down, Joe must hold the bond until maturity because if he were to sell it today, he would have to sell it at a discount.
B) If investor Joe is holding a bond that pays 5% and market interest rates on similar bonds go down, Joe's bond is now worth more than its face value, and if he needed to sell it on the secondary market, he could probably sell it at a premium.
C) If investor Joe is holding a bond that pays 5% and interest rates on similar bonds go up, Joe stands to gain more than the face value of the bond if he were to sell it on the secondary market today.
D) If XYZ Corporation wants to issue bonds to pay for an expansion project, and analysts predict that interest rates are projected to climb
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