A 30-year maturity bond making annual coupon payments with a coupon rate of 12% has duration of 11.54 years and convexity of 192.4. The bond currently sells at a yield to maturity of 8%. a. Use a financial calculator or spreadsheet to find the price of the bond if its yield to maturity falls to 7%. b. What price would be predicted by the duration rule? c. What price would be predicted by the duration-with-convexity rule? d. What is the percent error for each rule? What do you conclude about the accuracy of the two rules? e. Repeat your analysis if the bonds yield to maturity increases to 9%. Are your conclusions about the accuracy of the two rules consistent with parts (a)(d)?

A 30-year maturity bond making annual coupon payments with a coupon rate of 14.0% has duration of 11.36 years and convexity of 186.4. The bond currently sells at a yield to maturity of 8%. a. Find the price of the bond if Its yield to maturity falls to 7%. (Do not round Intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Price of the bond b. What price would be predicted by the duration rule? (Do not round Intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Predicted price c. What price would be predicted by the duration-with-convexity rule? (Do not round Intermediate calculations. Round your answ to 2 decimal places.) Predicted price

An investor is considering purchasing a bond with a 5.25 percent coupon interest rate, a par value of $1,000, and a market price of $926.31. The bond will mature in nine years. Based on this information, answer the following questions: a. What is the bond's current yield? b. What is the bond's approximate yield to maturity? c. What is the bond's yield to maturity using a financial calculator? ... a. The bond's current yield is 5.67%. (Round to two decimal places.) b. The bond's approximate yield to maturity is 6.30 %. (Round to two decimal places.) c. Using a financial calculator, the bond's yield to maturity is %. (Round to two decimal places.)

Suppose you are reviewing a sheet for a bond portfolio and see the following information. These bonds have a par value of 100 and make semiannual coupon payments. Bond Annual coupon rate Number of years Annual yield to maturity A B с 6% 8% 10% 2 3 5 5% 10% 8% What is the bond portfolio's yield to maturity based on the IRR calculation?

A newly issued bond with 1 year to maturity has a price of $1,000, which equals its face value. The coupon rate is 15% and the probability of default in 1 year is 35%. The bond’s payoff in default will be 65% of its face value. a. Calculate the bond’s expected return. b. Use a data table to show the expected return as a function of the recovery percentage and the price of the bond. Please show how you got part B using all functions.

The current yield curve for default-free zero-coupon bonds is as follows: Maturity (Years) 1 YTM (%) 6% 7 9 2 3 Required: a. What are the implied 1-year forward rates? b. Assume that the pure expectations hypothesis of the term structure is correct. If market expectations are accurate, what will be the yield to maturity on 1-year zero-coupon bonds next year? c. Assume that the pure expectations hypothesis of the term structure is correct. If market expectations are accurate, what will be the yield to maturity on 2-year zero-coupon bonds next year? d. If you purchase a 2-year zero-coupon bond now, what is the expected total rate of return over the next year? Ignore taxes. e. What is the expected total rate of return over the next year on a 3-year zero-coupon bond? f. What should be the current price of a 3-year maturity bond with a 9% coupon rate paid annually? g. If you purchased the coupon bond at the price you computed in part (f), what would your total expected rate of return be…

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A 30-year maturity bond making annual coupon payments with a coupon rate of 14.5% has duration of 11.32 years and convexity of 185.2. 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%. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Price of the bond b. What price would be predicted by the duration rule, if its yield to maturity falls to 7% ? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Predicted price

The current zero-coupon yield curve for risk-free bonds is as follows: coupon, risk-free bond? . What is the price per $100 face value of a two-year, zero- The price per $100 face value of the two-year, zero-coupon, risk-free bond is $ (Round to the nearest cent.) Data table (Click on the following icon in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.) Maturity (years) 1 2 3 YTM 4.95% 5.49% 5.76% 4 5.97% 5 6.09% Print Done -

The YTM on a bond is the interest rate you earn on your investment if interest rates don't change. If you actually sell the bond before it matures, your realized return is known as the holding period yield (HPY). a. Suppose that today you buy an annual coupon bond with a coupon rate of 8.3 percent for $785. The bond has 8 years to maturity and a par value of $1,000. What rate of return do you expect to earn on your investment? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. b-1. Two years from now, the YTM on your bond has declined by 1 percent, and you decide to sell. What price will your bond sell for? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. b-2. What is the HPY on your investment? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. a. Rate of return b-1. Price b-2. Holding period…