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Example: A 30-year maturity bond making annual coupon payments with a coupon rat

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A 30-year maturity bond making annual coupon payments with a coupon rate of 15.5% has duration of 10.58 years and convexity of 162.6. The bond currently sells at a yield to maturity of 9% a. Find the price of the bond if its yield to maturity falls to 8% or rises to 10%. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) YTM 8% 10% Price b. What prices for the bond at these new yields would be predicted by the duration rule and the duration- with-convexity rule? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Duration-with- Convexity Rule Duration Rule 8% 10% c. What is the percent error for each rule? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round "Duration Rule" to 2 decimal places and "Duration-with-Convexity Rule" to 3 decimal places.) Percent Error Duration-with- Convexity Rule Duration Rule 8% 10% d. What do you conclude about the accuracy of the two rules? The duration-with-convexity rule provides more accurate approximations to the actual change in price C The duration rule provides more accurate approximations to the actual change in price

Explanation / Answer

Par Value                     1,000 Annual Interest                   155.00 YTM 9% Maturity                           30 Year Bond Price calculation Year   Interest+Maturity Pv Factor @9% PV of Cash flows @YTM 9% Pv Factor @8% PV of Cash flows @YTM 8% Pv Factor @10% PV of Cash flows @YTM 10%                                   1                       155        0.9174         142.20         0.926         143.52        0.909           140.91                                   2                       155        0.8417         130.46         0.857         132.89        0.826           128.10                                   3                       155        0.7722         119.69         0.794         123.04        0.751           116.45                                   4                       155        0.7084         109.81         0.735         113.93        0.683           105.87                                   5                       155        0.6499         100.74         0.681         105.49        0.621             96.24                                   6                       155        0.5963           92.42         0.630            97.68        0.564             87.49                                   7                       155        0.5470           84.79         0.583            90.44        0.513             79.54                                   8                       155        0.5019           77.79         0.540            83.74        0.467             72.31                                   9                       155        0.4604           71.37         0.500            77.54        0.424             65.74                                10                       155        0.4224           65.47         0.463            71.79        0.386             59.76                                11                       155        0.3875           60.07         0.429            66.48        0.350             54.33                                12                       155        0.3555           55.11         0.397            61.55        0.319             49.39                                13                       155        0.3262           50.56         0.368            56.99        0.290             44.90                                14                       155        0.2992           46.38         0.340            52.77        0.263             40.82                                15                       155        0.2745           42.55         0.315            48.86        0.239             37.11                                16                       155        0.2519           39.04         0.292            45.24        0.218             33.73                                17                       155        0.2311           35.82         0.270            41.89        0.198             30.67                                18                       155        0.2120           32.86         0.250            38.79        0.180             27.88                                19                       155        0.1945           30.15         0.232            35.92        0.164             25.34                                20                       155        0.1784           27.66         0.215            33.25        0.149             23.04                                21                       155        0.1637           25.37         0.199            30.79        0.135             20.95                                22                       155        0.1502           23.28         0.184            28.51        0.123             19.04                                23                       155        0.1378           21.36         0.170            26.40        0.112             17.31                                24                       155        0.1264           19.59         0.158            24.44        0.102             15.74                                25                       155        0.1160           17.98         0.146            22.63        0.092             14.31                                26                       155        0.1064           16.49         0.135            20.96        0.084             13.01                                27                       155        0.0976           15.13         0.125            19.40        0.076             11.82                                28                       155        0.0895           13.88         0.116            17.97        0.069             10.75                                29                       155        0.0822           12.73         0.107            16.64        0.063               9.77                                30                   1,155        0.0754           87.05         0.099         114.78        0.057             66.19 Total $ 1,667.79 $ 1,844.33 $   1,518.48 a YTM Bond Price 8% $         1,844.33 10% $         1,518.48 b Duration Rule Price change =-Modified duration*% change in interets Duration with convesxity Rule= -Normal duration*% change in interets +1/2*Convexity*Interest cahneg ^2 Given Duration =                   10.58 years Modified Duration = 10.58/1.09=             9.71 Years Convexity                 162.60 Current Price             1,667.79 Duration rule Duration with Convexity YTM % Change in Price Changed Price % Change in Price Changed Price 8% 9.71% $   1,829.7 10.52% $ 1,843.2 10% -9.71% $   1,505.8 -8.90% $ 1,519.4 c Percent Error YTM Duration rule Duration with Convexity 8% 0.79% 0.06% 10% 0.83% -0.06% d The duration with convexity rule provides more accurate approximation to the Actual change in price.

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