Problem 2: The US government issues a Treasury bond that matures in 5 years, has a face value of $1,000 and a coupon yield of 10 percent, and pays semi-annual coupons. Suppose the Yield To Maturity (YTM) of similar bonds is 8%, What is the price of this Treasury bond? Suppose the YTM was 12% instead. Without making any calculation, state and prove whether the bond price would be higher or lower than the face value. After holding the bond for 6 months, you receive one coupon payment and then you immediately sell the bond for a price of $110 (per $100 of face value). Compute the holding period return (the YTM is 8%).

Suppose you are considering two possible investment opportunities: a 12-year Treasury bond and a 7-year, A-rated corporate bond. The current real risk-free rate is 3%, and inflation is expected to be 2% for the next 2 years, 3% for the following 4 years, and 4% thereafter. The maturity risk premium is estimated by this formula: MRP = 0.02(t - 1)%. The liquidity premium (LP) for the corporate bond is estimated to be 0.3%. You may determine the default risk premium (DRP), given the company's bond rating, from the following table. Remember to subtract the bond's LP from the corporate spread given in the table to arrive at the bond's DRP.       Corporate Bond Yield   Rate Spread = DRP + LP U.S. Treasury 0.83 % — AAA corporate 1.03   0.20 % AA corporate 1.39   0.56   A corporate 1.79   0.96     What yield would you predict for each of these two investments? Round your answers to three decimal places. 12-year Treasury yield: fill in the blank _ % 7-year Corporate yield: fill…

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Even though most corporate bonds in the United States make coupon payments semiannually, bonds issued elsewhere often have annual coupon payments. Suppose a German company issues a bond with a par value of €1,000, 10 years to maturity, and a coupon rate of 8.2 percent paid annually. If the YTM is 10.2 percent, what is the current bond price in euros?