Consider a bond that has a life of 2 years and pays a coupon of 10% per annum (with semiannual payments); the yield is 5% per annum with semiannual compounding.(a) What is the bond’s price?(b) What is the bond’s duration?(c) Suppose that the bond price is the one you computed in part (a) and that the 6M, 12M, and 18M zero rates are respectively 4.2%, 4.8% and 5.6% per annum. What is the 2Y zero rate assuming all rates are quoted with semiannual compounding?
Consider a bond that has a life of 2 years and pays a coupon of 10% per annum (with semiannual payments); the yield is 5% per annum with semiannual compounding.(a) What is the bond’s price?(b) What is the bond’s duration?(c) Suppose that the bond price is the one you computed in part (a) and that the 6M, 12M, and 18M zero rates are respectively 4.2%, 4.8% and 5.6% per annum. What is the 2Y zero rate assuming all rates are quoted with semiannual compounding?
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Consider a bond that has a life of 2 years and pays a coupon of 10% per annum (with semiannual payments); the yield is 5% per annum with semiannual compounding.
(a) What is the bond’s price?
(b) What is the bond’s duration?
(c) Suppose that the
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