A Rio Tinto corporate bond currently sells for $1,450, which gives it a yield to maturity of 7%. Its convexity is 455. Suppose that if the yield increases by 50 basis points, the price of the bond falls to $1,400. a. What is the modified duration of this bond? b. What is the duration of this bond?

A bond with a 8-year duration is worth $1,074, and its yield to maturity is 7.4%. If the yield to maturity falls to 7.30%, you would predict that the new value of the bond will be approximately _________. a)$1,082.06 b)$1,075.07 c)$1,074.00 d) $1,072.93

A 10-year bond with a face value of $1,000 currently sells for $1,110. Which of the following statements is correct?     Select one: a. The bond's current yield is equal to its coupon rate. b. The bond's coupon rate exceeds its current yield to maturity. c. None of the given answers is correct. d. The bond's yield to maturity is greater than its coupon rate.

A zero-coupon bond with face value $1,000 and maturity of five years sells for $741.22. a. What is its yield to maturity? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Yield to maturity % b. What will the yield to maturity be if the price falls to $725? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Yield to maturity %

Suppose the interest rate on a 1-year T-bond is 5.00% and that on a 2-year T-bond is 6.40%. Assume that the pure expectations theory is NOT valid, and the MRP is zero for a 1-year T-bond but 0.40% for a 2-year bond. What is the yield on a 1-year T-bond expected to be one year from now?

Suppose a ten-year, $1,000 bond with an 8.4% coupon rate and semiannual coupons is trading for $1,035.65. a. What is the bond's yield to maturity (expressed as an APR with semiannual compounding)? b. If the bond's yield to maturity changes to 9.9% APR, what will be the bond's price? a. What is the bond's yield to maturity (expressed as an APR with semiannual compounding)? The bond's yield to maturity is%. (Round to two decimal places.)

A general power bond varies a coupon rate of 9.2%, has 9 years until maturity, and sells at a yield to maturity of 8.2%. a. Wage interest payments do bond holders receive each year? b. At what price does the bond sell? c. What will happen to the bond price if the yield to maturity falls to 7.2%?d. If the yield to maturity falls to 7.2%, will the current yield be less, or more, than the yield to maturity, and by what percent?

4. (i) A forward contract written on a bond has 10 months remaining until maturity. The face value of the bond is $1000, and it pays a 7% coupon every 6 months. The final coupon is due immediately prior to the maturity of the forward. The relevant riskless rate of interest is 5%. If the bond is trading at $1025, calculate the theoretical forward price and initial value of the forward contract and explain the forward pricing relationship. (ii) Provide numerical examples of arbitrage strategies for situations where a broker offers a price above, and below the theoretical forward price.