What is the duration of a five-year, $1,000 Treasury bond with a 10 percent semiannual coupon selling at par? Selling with a yield to maturity of 12 percent? 14 percent? What can you conclude about the relationship between duration and yield to maturity? Plot the relationship. Why does this relationship exist?

What is the duration of a five-year, $1,000 Treasury bond with a 10 percent semiannual coupon selling at par? Selling with a yield to maturity of 12 percent? 14 percent? What can you conclude about the relationship between duration and yield to maturity? Plot the relationship. Why does this relationship exist?

Pfin (with Mindtap, 1 Term Printed Access Card) (mindtap Course List)

7th Edition

ISBN:9780357033609

Author:Randall Billingsley, Lawrence J. Gitman, Michael D. Joehnk

Publisher:Randall Billingsley, Lawrence J. Gitman, Michael D. Joehnk

Chapter12: Investing In Stocks And Bonds

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 8FPE: Describe and differentiate between a bonds (a) current yield and (b) yield to maturity. Why are...

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

The rate of return that you would earn if you bought a bond and held It to its maturity date is called the bond's yield to maturity (YTM). If Interest rates in the economy rise after a bond has been issued, what will happen to the bond's price and to Its YTM? Does the length of time to maturity affect the extent to which a given change in interest rates will affect the bond's price? Briefly explain with necessary numerical data.
The bond shown in the following table attached pays interest annually. a. Calculate the yield to maturity (YTM)for the bond. b. What relationship exists between the coupon interest rate and yield to maturity and the par value and market value of a bond? Explain.
What is the duration of a three-year, $1,000 Treasury bond with a 12 percent semiannual coupon selling at par? Selling with a yield to maturity of 6 percent? 8 percent? Plot the relationship. What can you conclude about the relationship between duration and yield to maturity? Select one: a. Both the maturity periods have equal duration. b. When the yield to maturity is increasing the years to maturity will decrease. c. There is no relationship d. None of the other three answers are correct
What is interest rate (or price) risk? Which bondhas more interest rate risk: an annual payment1-year bond or a 10-year bond? Why?
Suppose you want to figure out the relationship between duration and maturity, so you consider the following three T-Bonds. You compute a. The duration of a two-year Treasury bond with a 10 percent semiannual coupon selling at par b. The duration of a three-year Treasury bond with a 10 percent semiannual coupon selling at par c. The duration of a four-year Treasury bond with a 10 percent semiannual coupon selling at par
The bond shown in the following table pays interest annually in the table attached. a. Calculate the yield to maturity (YTM) for the bond. b. What relationship exists between the coupon interest rate and yield to maturity and the par value and market value of a bond? Explain.
Please see attached. Definitions: Yield to maturity (YTM) is the return the bond holder receives on the bond if held to maturity. Treasury note is a U.S. government bond with a maturity of between two and ten years. Current yield is the annual bond coupon payment divided by the current price.
Consider a $1,000-par-value Bond with the following characteristics: a current market price of $761, 12 years until maturity, and an 8% coupon rate. We want to determine the discount rate that sets the present value of the bond’s expected future cash-flow stream to the bond’s current market price. You are required to determine the discount rate that equates the present value of the bond?
Consider a bond that has a current value of $1,081.11, a face value of $1,000.00, a coupon rate of 10% and five years remaining to maturity.a. What is the bond’s yield-to-maturity today?b. If the bond’s yield does not change, what is its value one year from today? Please solve both parts
Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. If a coupon bond is selling at par, its current yield equals its yield to maturity. b. If a coupon bond is selling at a discount, its price will continue to decline until it reaches its par value at maturity. c. If interest rates increase, the price of a 10-year coupon bond will decline by a greater percentage than the price of a 10-year zero coupon bond. d. If a bond's yield to maturity exceeds its annual coupon, then the bond will trade at a premium. e. If a coupon bond is selling at a premium, its current yield equals its yield to maturity.
The following table summarizes the prices of various default-free zero-coupon bonds (expressed as a percentage of the face value): a. Compute the yield to maturity for each bond. b. Plot the zero-coupon yield curve (for the first five years). c. Is the yield curve upward sloping, downward sloping, or flat?
How would someone calculate the yield to maturity of a bond? How about for a three month treasury bill?