When a coupon bond pays coupon at the same rate as its market yield, the coupon bond is priced at par. That is, its market price = 100% of its principal amount. If the issuer decides to pay coupon at the rate of 1.5 times of its market yield, (i.e., paying 3% when 2% is the market yield) at what multiple of its principal amount will the coupon bond be priced at the market?→ (1) Lower than 1.5; (2) Higher than 1.5; (3) Equal to 1.5; [ Assume that the market yield is positive.]

Bond A has a coupon rate of 4% and a yield of 3%.  Bond B has a coupon rate of 3% and a yield of 4%.  Which bond has the lower price? A B

The value of any financial asset is the present ✓ value of the cash flows the asset is expected to produce. For a bond with fixed annual coupons, its value is equal to the present value of all its annual interest payments and its maturity value as shown in the equation below: Bond's value = VB: Int. Int. (1+ra)² (1+ra)² N + ·+...+ Int. M + (1+ra)* (1+ra) Int. M (1+ra) (1+ra)N + We could use the valuation equation shown above to solve for a bond's value; however, it is more efficient to use a financial calculator. Simply enter N as years to maturity, I/YR as the going annual interest rate, PMT as the annual coupon payment (calculated as the annual coupon interest rate times the face value of the bond), and FV as the stated maturity value. Once those inputs are entered in your financial calculator, you can solve for PV, the value of the bond. Remember that the signs for PMT and FV should be the same, so PV will have an opposite sign. Typically, you would enter PMT and FV as positive…

What is the current value of a 30-year bond making semi-annual coupon payments that has a face value of $1,000 and a coupon rate of 8%, if the YTM is 4%, how much does the bond currently sell for? Does the bond sell at a discount, premium, or at face value? Reference the below formulas when solving the problem above: PV = FV / (1+r)^t FV = PV(1+r)^t FVA = PMT(((1+r)^t) -1) / r FVA = PMT((1+(r/12)^t(12))-1)/(r/12) PVA = PMT(((1-(1+r)^-t) / r)) PVA = PMT((1-(1+(r/12))^-t(12)))/(r/12) Bo = PMT ((1-(1+r/2)^-t(2))) / r/2 + FV / (1+r/2)^t(2)

Yield to maturity The relationship between a bond's yield to maturity and coupon interest rate can be used to predict its pricing level. For the bond listed below, state whether the price of the bond will be at a premium to par, at par, or at a discount to par. Coupon interest rate Yield to maturity 10% 8% What is the price of the bond in relation to its par value? (Select the best answer below.) O A. The bond sells at a discount to par. OB. The bond sells at par. OC. The bond sells at a premium to par.

13. Consider a coupon bond with coupon payment=4.25, M=100, and n=2. Suppose ?1 = 4% and ?2 = 4.24%. Consider a forward contract for the delivery of the coupon bond in one period from today. Calculate the forward price using the following two approaches: 1) use the forward rate to price the forward contract; 2) use the cost of carry approach: spot-forward parity adjusted for the coupons.

Which of the following about the Yield to Maturity is (are) true? 1. YtM is the rate that will make the present value of the cash flows equal to the price 2. For a semiannual bond, doubling the periodic interest rate results in the YtM. Only I ◇ Neither I nor II Only II Both I and II

If the YTM on a bond is 11.1 %, what will be the periodic rate assuming the bond is paying coupons semi-annually? (Write this number as a decimal and not as a percentage, e.g. 0.11 not 11%. Round your answer to three decimal places. For example 1.23450 or 1.23463 will be rounded to 1.235 while 1.23448 will be rounded to 1,234).