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1) What is the price of a bond that matures in 13 years and 7 months, has an int

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Question

1) What is the price of a bond that matures in 13 years and 7 months, has an interest rate of 3 1/5%, when current market yields are also about 3 1/5%?

2) A broker has called you and offers you 4 bonds with a coupon rate of -0%-, they mature in 3 years and 12 months, and he wants 68 3/9 for them. You think interest rates in the economy are going to fall. Would you buy these bonds? Explain.

3) Calculate the price of 6 bonds that have a nominal rate of 3 3/8% mature in 14 years, when current market yields are approximately 5%.

4) Calculate the Yield to Maturity of 10 bonds that have a stated rate of 6 1/3%, mature in 5 1/2 years, and are currently priced at 102.244.

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Explanation / Answer

Yearly

Monthly

no of months

1-

interest rate

3.2

0.266667

163

value of bond

interest*PVAF at .2666% for 163 period

2.6666*132.061 +1000*.64792

1000.1

Interest

2.666667

Face value

1000

PVAF

1-(1+r)^-n / r

1-(1.002666)^-163 /.002666

132.061

PVF at .2666%

1/(1+r)^n

1/(1.002666)^163

0.647925

value of bond

1000

Yearly

No of years

3-

interest rate

3.375

14

value of bond

interest*PVAF at .2666% for 163 period

33.75*7.4335 +1000*.6283

876.6753

Interest

33.75

Face value

1000

PVAF

1-(1+r)^-n / r

1-(1.03375)^-14 /.05

7.4335

PVF at .2666%

1/(1+r)^n

1/(1.05)^14

0.505068

value of bond

876.6753

value of 6 bonds

876.6753*6

5260.052

4-

Approximate YTM

interest+(face value-market value)/ years to maturitt / (Face value+market value)/2

6.333+(100-102.244)/5.5 / (100+102.244)/2

5.925/101.122

5.86%

Interest

6.333

Maturity

5.5

face value

100

Market value

102.244

Approximate YTM

5.86%

2-

value of zero coupon bonds

(face value)/(1+R)^n

so as the market rate of interest will change value of zero coupon bonds will change as market interest rate is not given in the question so we can not calculate the current value of bond but as it is mentioned that the future market interest rates will fall so value of bond will increase as interest market interest rate will fall

Yearly

Monthly

no of months

1-

interest rate

3.2

0.266667

163

value of bond

interest*PVAF at .2666% for 163 period

2.6666*132.061 +1000*.64792

1000.1

Interest

2.666667

Face value

1000

PVAF

1-(1+r)^-n / r

1-(1.002666)^-163 /.002666

132.061

PVF at .2666%

1/(1+r)^n

1/(1.002666)^163

0.647925

value of bond

1000

Yearly

No of years

3-

interest rate

3.375

14

value of bond

interest*PVAF at .2666% for 163 period

33.75*7.4335 +1000*.6283

876.6753

Interest

33.75

Face value

1000

PVAF

1-(1+r)^-n / r

1-(1.03375)^-14 /.05

7.4335

PVF at .2666%

1/(1+r)^n

1/(1.05)^14

0.505068

value of bond

876.6753

value of 6 bonds

876.6753*6

5260.052

4-

Approximate YTM

interest+(face value-market value)/ years to maturitt / (Face value+market value)/2

6.333+(100-102.244)/5.5 / (100+102.244)/2

5.925/101.122

5.86%

Interest

6.333

Maturity

5.5

face value

100

Market value

102.244

Approximate YTM

5.86%

2-

value of zero coupon bonds

(face value)/(1+R)^n

so as the market rate of interest will change value of zero coupon bonds will change as market interest rate is not given in the question so we can not calculate the current value of bond but as it is mentioned that the future market interest rates will fall so value of bond will increase as interest market interest rate will fall