3. You buy the 6 percent coupon bond today and the price of the bond is $1.012. Par value o the bond is $1.000. The maturity of the bond is 3 years. a) According to the information given above, what will be the bond's yield to maturity? b) If the bond has currently 3 years left to maturity and suppose that by the end of the year interest rates have changed and the bond's yield to maturity is now only 4%. What will be the bond's rate of return?

3. You buy the 6 percent coupon bond today and the price of the bond is $1.012. Par value o the bond is $1.000. The maturity of the bond is 3 years. a) According to the information given above, what will be the bond's yield to maturity? b) If the bond has currently 3 years left to maturity and suppose that by the end of the year interest rates have changed and the bond's yield to maturity is now only 4%. What will be the bond's rate of return?

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Consider a 30-year Bond with $1,000 face value, which offers 10% annual coupon, paid once a year.Assume that interest rates, hence YTM (Yield to Maturity) changed from 6% to 7%. What is the duration of the Bond in years? Enter your answer in the following format: 12.34Hint1: Answer is between 10.24 and 12.77Hint2: Duration = (new bond price - old bond price) * (-100) / old bond price
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5) A 6-year 7.2% annual coupon bond is selling to yield 6.5%. The bond pays interest annually. The par value of the bond is $100. a. What is the price of the 6-year 7.2% coupon bond selling to yield 6.5%? b. What is the price of this bond one year later assuming the yield is unchanged at 6.5%? c. Suppose that one year later the yield of the bond decreases to 6.3%. What is the price change attributable to moving to maturity assuming no change in the discount rate? What is the price change attributable to a decrease in the discount rate from 6.5% to 6.3%? What is the total price change?
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