Question

Suppose the following bond quotes for IOU Corporation appear in the financial page of today’s newspaper. Assume the bond has a face value of $1,000 and the current date is April 19, 2012. What is the yield to maturity of the bond? (Assume coupons are paid semiannually.) (Enter your answer as a percentage, omit the "%" sign in your response, and enter your answer with two decimal places. For example, 1.214% should be entered as 1.21.) Company (Ticker) Coupon Maturity Last Price Last Yield EST Vol (000s) IOU (IOU) 7.4 Apr 19, 2036 82 ?? 1,845

Answer 1

The solution to the given question is provided below:
Yield to maturity of the bond=RATE(24*2,7.4%*1000/2,-82%*1000,1000)*2
=9.2847%