f interest rates fall to 7 percent, what will will be the price of each bond?                     B. If interest rates rise to 9 percent, what will be the decline in the price of each bond from its intiial price?               C. Given your answers to questions (a) and (b), what is the trade-off implied by the put option in bond B?

Bond A is a premium bond with a 9 percent coupon. Bond B is a 5 percent coupon bond currently selling at a discount. Both bonds make annual payments, have a YTM of 6 percent, and have five years to maturity. The face value is $1000 for both bonds. a. Why is the capital gain yield of the premium bond different from that of the discount bond? Which bond is better in terms of yields? b. What is the holding period return for each bond, if both bonds are held over the next year and sold at the year ned?

Calculate the Macaulay duration of a 9%, $1,000 par bond that matures in three years if the bond's YTM is 12% and interest is paid semiannually. a. Calculate this bond's modified duration. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places. years b. Assuming the bond's YTM goes from 12% to 11.5%, calculate an estimate of the price change. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to three decimal places. Use a minus sign to enter negative value, if any. %

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6. You are obligated to pay $10,000 in a year. There are two bonds with the following information Bond A Bond B Time to maturity 2 years 0.5 year Coupon rate 7% 5% Price $101.86 $99.51 The yields for both bonds are 6%. Construct a portfolio of bonds A and B using the immunization technique.

5) Bond A is a 10-year, 8 percent annual coupon bond with a $1,000 par value. Bond B is a 10-year, 6 percent annual coupon bond with a $1,000 par value. Both bonds currently have a yield to maturity of 4 percent. Which of the following statements is correct if the market yield decreases to 2 percent? 1. Bond A will increase in value by a greater percentage than Bond B. 2. Bond B will increase in value by a greater percentage than Bond A. 3. Both bonds would decrease in value by 8.27 percent. 4. Bond B will decrease in value by a greater percentage than Bond A. 5. Both bonds will increase in value by 8.27 percent.

The following table gives the prices of bonds Bond Principal ($) Time to maturity Annual coupon ($) Bond Price ($) 100 (years) 0.5 100 1 100 100 1.5 2 The bonds provide coupon are semiannual coupon bond a. Calculate 6-month, 12-month, 18-month and 24-month zero rates. 1567 0 98 100 100 101 b. What is the forward rate for the six-month period beginning in 12 months. c. Estimate the price of a two-year bond providing annual coupon of 7% annually.

Prices of zero-coupon bonds reveal the following pattern of forward rates: Year 1 2 3 Forward Rate 4% 5 6 In addition to the zero-coupon bond, investors also may purchase a 3-year bond making annual payments of $40 with par value $1,000. Required: a. What is the price of the coupon bond? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places. b. What is the yield to maturity of the coupon bond? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places. c. Under the expectations hypothesis, what is the expected realized compound yield of the coupon bond? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places. d. If you forecast that the yield curve in 1 year will be flat at 5.5%, what is your forecast for the expected rate of return on the coupon bond for the 1-year holding period? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places. a. Price b. Yield to maturity c.…

A 14-year bond pays semi-annual coupons at j2 = 9% and has a yield rate of j2 = 7.1%. If the book value immediately after the 7th coupon payment is $1038.45, and the book value immediately after the 11th coupon payment is $1034.51, what is the bond's face value? Answer: $ NOTE: Assume the note is NOT redeemable at par.

A $1,000 bond with a coupon rate of 5.7% paid semiannually has five years to maturity and a yield to maturity of 7%. If interest rates rise and the yield to maturity increases to 7.3%, what will happen to the price of the bond? A. fall by $14.37 B. rise by $11.97 C. fall by $11.97 D. The price of the bond will not change.