A $1,000 Face Value Treasury bond with 18 months left to maturity has annual coupons of $32 paid semi-annually. The Term Structure of Interest shows that th 6 month YTM is 3.2%, the 12 month YTM is 3.32% and the 18 month YTM is 3.53%. What is the price of the bond? [Hint: The price of the bond should be the same as the total price of the STRIPS that can be created from it.]

You have a bond with the following features: - Semi-annual coupon payments. - Coupon rate 7.60%. - Face value $1,000. - 3.5 years to maturity. - Current market price $1,130. Requirements (A, B, and C are independent): 1. Calculate the duration and modified duration for this bond. Duration  ___ Mduration  ___ 2. Now, let’s assume the modified duration of this bond is 3 years. If the yield increases by 30 bps (basis points), what will the new price of the bond using modified duration?   3. If the yield drops by 75 bps, what is the actual new price of the bond?

You have decided to invest in Bond x, an n-year bond with semi-annual coupons and the following characteristics: Par value is 1000 The ratio of the semi - annual coupon rate to the desired semi- annual yield rate, is 1.03125. The present value of the redemption value is 381.5. Given v=0.5889, what is the price of bond x ? A) 1,055 B) 1,072 C ) 1,073 D) 1,069 E) 1,044

Compute the price of a risk-free bond with a face value of $1,000 that has seven years left to maturity, a coupon rate of 5%, and annual interest payments. Assume it just made a coupon payment (i.e., it has seven annual payments left). The current term structure of risk-free rates is provided below. Face value Coupon rate $ 1,000.00 5.00% Term structure Maturity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Risk-free yields 1.00% 1.50% 2.00% 2.50% 3.00% 3.50% 4.00% Coupon payment Face value Cash flows PV (CF) Price