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Is a measure of how price sensitive a bond is to a change in interest rate | |||||||
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Duration of zero coupon bond is = time to maturity. | |||||||
Question 1 2 pts Duration: is always greater than maturity rises as the coupon payment rises....
Compute the duration of a bond with a face value of $1,000, a coupon rate of 7% (coupon is paid annually) and a maturity of 10 years as the interest rate (or yield to maturity) on the bond changes from 2% to 12% (consider increments of 1% - so you need to compute the duration for various yields to maturity 2%, 3%, …, 12%) . What happens to duration as the interest rate increases?
Calculate the duration of $1,000, 6% coupon bond with three years to maturity. Assume that all market interest rates are 7%. Calculate the expected price change if interest rates drop to 6.75% using the duration approximation. Calculate the actual price change using discounted cash flow.
Consider two bonds. The first is a 6% coupon bond with six years to maturity, and a yield to maturity of 4.5% annual rate, compounded semi-annually. The second bond is a 2% coupon bond with six years to maturity and a yield to maturity of 5.0%, annual rate, compounded semi-annually. 1. Calculate the current price per $100 of face value of each bond. (You may use financial calculator to do question 1 and 2, I'm just unsure how to use...
Question Find the equilavent years to maturity ofa zero-coupon bond to one that has a coupon rate of 8.60%, 5 years to maturity and a yield to maturity of 9.20% Find the equilavent years to maturity of a zero-coupon bond to one that has a coupon rate of 660% (annual coupons) 10 years to maturity, and a yield to maturity 3 of 6.00%. Find the approximate percentage change in the price of a bond due to a 10 basis point...
The duration of a coupon bond is: Multiple Choice Ο equal to its number of payments. Ο less than that of a zero coupon bond of equal maturity. less than that of a Ο equal to the zero coupon bond of the same maturity. Ο equal to its maturity. Ο increases as the time to maturity decreases. Assume a bond matures in 2 years, has a coupon rate of 6 percent, pays interest annually, and has a face value of...
Note: If not otherwise stated, assume that: • Yield-to-maturity (YTM) is an APR, semi-annually compounded • Bonds have a face value of $1,000 • Coupon bonds make semi-annual coupon payments; however, coupon rates (rc) are annual rates, i.e., bonds make a semi-annual coupon payment of rc/2 You must invest $100,000, and the bonds listed below from A to E are the only investments available today (assume that it is possible to buy a fraction of a bond in order to...
A 33-year maturity bond making annual coupon payments with a coupon rate of 15% has duration of 10.8 years and convexity of 1916 . The bond currently sells at a yield to maturity of 8% Required (a) Find the price of the bond if its yield to maturity falls to 7% or rises to 9%. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.) Yield to maturity of 7% Yield to maturity of 9% (b)...
Question 9 Homework • Unanswered An Apple annual coupon bond has a coupon rate of 5.7%, face value of $1,000, and 4 years to maturity. If its yield to maturity is 5.7%, what is its Macaulay Duration? Answer in years, rounded to three decimal places. Numeric Answer: Unanswered 2 attempts left Submit Question 10 Homework Unanswered A T-bond with semi-annual coupons has a coupon rate of 6%, face value of $1,000, and 2 years to maturity. If its yield to...
Question 15 1 pts A $1,000 face value bond currently has a yield to maturity of 6.69%. The bond matures in three years and pays interest annually. The coupon rate of the bond is 7.00%. What is the current price of this bond? $823.43 $1,008.18 $1,000.00 $991.86
Question 15 1 pts A $1,000 face value bond currently has a yield to maturity of 6.69%. The bond matures in three years and pays interest annually. The coupon rate of the bond is 7.00%. What is the current price of this bond? $1,008.18 $991.86 $823.43 $1,000.00