A 10-year Treasury bond with par value of $1,000 has a 6% p.a. coupon rate and pays interest every six months. The bond is four years old and has just made its eighth payment. The market now requires a 7% p.a. return on the bond. What is the expected price of the bond?
a. |
$965.63 |
|
b. |
$981.63 |
|
c. |
$809.34 |
|
d. |
$951.68 |
|
e. |
$1,000.00 |
Time to maturity is =10-4 =6 years or 12 periods
Price of the bond is:-
=PV(rate,nper,pmt,fv)
=PV(7%/2,12,6%/2*1000,1000)
=951.68
A 10-year Treasury bond with par value of $1,000 has a 6% p.a. coupon rate and...
An inflation-indexed Treasury bond has a par value of $1,000 and a coupon rate of 2 percent. An investor purchases this bond and holds it for one year. During the year, the consumer price index increases by .25 percent every six months. What are the total interest payments the investor will receive during the year
A coupon bond that pays interest annually has a par value of $1,000, matures in six years, and has a yield to maturity of 11%. The intrinsic value of the bond today will be ________ if the coupon rate is 7.5%. A) $886.28 B) $851.93 C) $1,123.01 D) $1,000.00 E) $712.99
A $1,000 par value bond’s coupon rate is 4 percent per year but it pays coupon twice a year. The yield to maturity is 6 percent p.a. and it has 10 years to maturity. If the yield to maturity remains unchanged, what is the price 3 years from now? (please round to cent) A $1,000 par value bond’s coupon rate is 4 percent per year but it pays coupon twice a year. The yield to maturity is 6 percent p.a....
Problem 14-14 Consider a bond with par value = $1,000) paying a coupon rate of 5% per year semiannually when the market interest rate is only 4% per half-year. The bond has three years until maturity a. Find the bond's price today and six months from now after the next coupon is paid. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Current price Price after six months b. What is the total (six-month) rate of return on the bond? (Do not...
A bond of par value 1,000 pays a coupon of 4% p.a. annually for 20 years and the par value is 1,000 (coupon calculated on this number and not on maturity value). Calculate the following: The price of the bond and the current yield/ maturity of the bond is also 4%, if the 1. a. maturity value is: . $1,000 i. $950 b. Explain the answers as to the prices of the bonds as to why they are equal to,...
Bond Valuation A 20-year, 8% semiannual coupon bond with a par value of $1,000 sells for $1,100. (Assume that the bond has just been issued.) Basic Input Data: Years to maturity: Periods per year. Periods to maturity: Coupon rate: Par value: Periodic payment: Current price 8% $1,000 $1,100 b. What would be the price of the bond if market interest rates change to: 12% 6% 10% Nominal market rate, r: Value of bond:
12. The current price of a 1-year zero-coupon Treasury bond is $975 (with $1,000 par value). If the annual forward rate between year 1 and 2 implied by the zero yield curve is equal to 4.5%, what is the current price of a 2-year zero-coupon Treasury bond (with $1,000 par value)? (a) $950.63 (b) $933.01 (c) $924.56 (d) $1,000.00
U.S. Treasury has just issued securities with, $10,000 par value and a 4% coupon rate with semiannual coupons. The maturity of the bonds is 10 years. The first coupon payment will be paid six months from today. What cash flows will you receive if you hold this bond until maturity? What is the price, i.e. present value of the bond today if the yield is 6%?
Marshalls Corporation has a bond currently outstanding. The bond has a face value of $1,000 and matures in 10 years. The bond makes no coupon payments for the first three years, then pays $25 every six months over the subsequent four years, and finally pays $85 every six months over the last three years. If the required return on these bonds is 5.5 percent compounded semiannually, what is the current price of the bond? $986.33 $997.88 $1,049.55 $1,027.68 $1,009.82
A bond has a $1,000 par value, makes annual coupon rate of 10%, has 5 years to maturity, cannot be called, and is not expected to default. The bond should sell at a premium if market interest rates are below 10% and at a discount if interest rates are greater than 10%. True or False