Bourdon Software has 9.6 percent coupon bonds on the market with 20 years to mat

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Bourdon Software has 9.6 percent coupon bonds on the market with 20 years to maturity. The bonds make semiannual payments and currently sell for 107.6 percent of par.

What is the current yield on the bonds? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

What is the YTM? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

What is the effective annual yield? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Effective annual yield_______ %

Bourdon Software has 9.6 percent coupon bonds on the market with 20 years to maturity. The bonds make semiannual payments and currently sell for 107.6 percent of par.

Explanation / Answer

Part 1)

The current yield can be calculated with the use of following formula:

Current Yield = Annual Coupon/Current Bond Price = (1,000*9.6%)/(1,000*107.60%)*100 = 8.92%

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Part 2)

The YTM can be calculated with the use of Rate Function/Formula of EXCEL/Financial Calculator. The function/formula for Rate is Rate(Nper,PMT-PV,FV) where Nper = Period, PMT = Coupon Payment, PV = Bond Current Price and FV = Face Value of Bonds.

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Here, Nper = 20*2 = 40, PMT = 1,000*9.6%*1/2 = $48, PV = 1,000*107.60% = $1,076 and FV = $1,000 [we use 2 since the bond is semi-annual]

Using these values in the above function/formula for Rate, we get,

YTM = Rate(40,48,-1076,1000)*2 = 8.79%

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Part 3)

The effective annual yield can be calculated with the use of following formula:

Effective Annual Yield = (1+YTM/Compunding Frequency)^(1*Compounding Frequency) - 1 = (1+8.79%/2)^(1*2) -1 = 8.98%

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