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Transcribed Image Text:Assume you have a one-year investment horizon and are trying to choose among three bonds. All have the same degree of default
risk and mature in 10 years. The first is a zero-coupon bond that pays $1,000 at maturity. The second has an 8% coupon rate and pays
the $80 coupon once per year. The third has a 10% coupon rate and pays the $100 coupon once per year. Assume that all bonds are
compounded annually.
Required:
a. If all three bonds are now priced to yield 8% to maturity, what are their prices? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round
your answers to 2 decimal places.)
Zero
Current prices
$
8% Coupon
463.19 $
10% Coupon
1,000.00 $
1,134.20
b. If you expect their yields to maturity to be 8% at the beginning of next year, what will their prices be then? (Do not round
intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
Zero
8% Coupon
Price one year from now
$
500.00
$
1,000.00
10% Coupon
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