Given the following spot and forward rates:   Current 1-year spot rate is 3.12%. One-year forward rate one year from today is 4.34%. One-year forward rate two years from today is 5.11%. One-year forward rate three years from today is 6.25%.   Calculate the value of a 4-year, 7.2% annual-pay, $1,000 par value bond.

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Given the following spot and forward rates:

 

  • Current 1-year spot rate is 3.12%.
  • One-year forward rate one year from today is 4.34%.
  • One-year forward rate two years from today is 5.11%.
  • One-year forward rate three years from today is 6.25%.

 

Calculate the value of a 4-year, 7.2% annual-pay, $1,000 par value bond.


 

A.

 

$1,076.72

 

B.

 

$1,182.22

 

C.

 

$1,231.59

 

D.

 

$1,327.61

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