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- Today is 1 July, 2019. Chrissi has a portfolio which consists of two different types of financial instruments (henceforth referred to as instrument A and instrument B). Chrissi purchased all instruments on 1 July 2010 to create this portfolio, which is composed of 32 units of instrument A and 42 units of instrument B. • Instrument A is a zero-coupon bond with a face value of $100. This bond matures at par. Its maturity date is 1 January 2029. • Instrument B is a Treasury bond with a coupon rate of j2 = 3.42% p.a. and a face value of $100. This bond matures at par. Its maturity date is 1 January 2022. Calculate the current price of instrument A per $100 face value. Round your answer to four decimal places. Assume the yield rate is j₂ = 4.32% p.a. a. $45.3531 b. $66.6290 c. $44.3942 O d. $44.7730Today is 1 July, 2019. Camilla has a portfolio which consists of two different types of financial instruments (henceforth referred to as instrument A and instrument B). Camilla purchased all instruments on 1 July 2011 to create this portfolio, which is composed of 22 units of instrument A and 22 units of instrument B. • Instrument A is a zero-coupon bond with a face value of $100. This bond matures at par. Its maturity date is 1 January 2029. • Instrument B is a Treasury bond with a coupon rate of j2=3.46% p.a. and a face value of $100. This bond matures at par. Its maturity date is 1 January 2022. What is the duration of instrument B? Express your answer in terms of years and round your answer to three decimal places. Assume a yield rate of j2=2.99% p.a. a. 4.834 years b. 2.876 years c. 5.753 years d. 2.417 yearsToday is 1 July, 2019. Siobhán has a portfolio which consists of two different types of financial instruments (henceforth referred to as instrument A and instrument B). Siobhán purchased all instruments on 1 July 2012 to create this portfolio, which is composed of 34 units of instrument A and 28 units of instrument B. • Instrument A is a zero-coupon bond with a face value of $100. This bond matures at par. Its maturity date is 1 January 2029. • Instrument B is a Treasury bond with a coupon rate of J₂=4.18% p.a. and a face value of $100. This bond matures at par. Its maturity date is 1 January 2022. Calculate the current duration of Siobhán's portfolio using a yield to maturity of j₂=4.52% p.a. Express your answer in terms of years and round your answer to two decimal places. O a. 5.23 years b. 7.00 years O c. 5.56 years O d. 6.49 years
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- Q1. A firm has just issued (January 1, 2019) a bond that has a face value of $1,000, a coupon rate of 6 percent paid semi-annually (June 30, December 31), and matures in 8 years. The bonds were issued with a yield to maturity of 7%. What price were the bonds issued at? Assume that on July 1, 2021, the bond trades to earn an effective yield of 10%. At what price should this bond be trading for on July 1, 2021? PRICE WHEN ISSUED: PRICE ON JULY 1, 2021:A Treasury bond that settles on October 18, 2019, matures on March 30, 2038. The coupon rate is 5.50 percent, and the bond has a yield to maturity of 4.73 percent. What are the Macaulay duration and modified duration? (Use the duration functions in Excel to solve the problem. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 4 decimal places.) Macaulay duration Modified duration 12.0200A Treasury bond that settles on October 18, 2019, matures on March 30, 2038. The coupon rate is 5.45 percent, and the bond has a yield to maturity of 4.66 percent. What are the Macaulay duration and modified duration? (Use the duration functions in Excel to solve the problem. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 4 decimal places.) X Answer is complete but not entirely correct. Macaulay duration Modified duration 12.0670 11.5297
- 00:07:51 Today is 1 July, 2019. Siobhán has a portfolio which consists of two different types of financial instruments (henceforth referred to as instrument A and instrument B). Siobhán purchased all instruments on 1 July 2011 to create this portfolio, which is composed of 21 units of instrument A and 39 units of instrument B. Instrument A is a zero-coupon bond with a face value of $100. This bond matures at par. Its maturity date is 1 January 2029. Instrument B is a Treasury bond with a coupon rate of j2=2.29% p.a. and a face value of $100. This bond matures at par. Its maturity date is 1 January 2022. Calculate the current duration of Siobhán’s portfolio using a yield to maturity of j2=2.58% p.a. Express your answer in terms of years and round your answer to two decimal places.A bond has following characteristics: it was issued on 14.06.2018 and has 10 years to maturity. Coupon is paid semi-annually and carries interest rate of 3,2%. Market interest rate is currently 2,9% for similar issues. Investor purchased the bond on 19.11.2021. a. Calculate MacDuration b. Calculate ModDuration c. When market interest rates increase by 50 basis points, calculate price effect using results obtained in question (b)A bond issued on February 1, 2004 with face value of $34400 has semiannual coupons of 7.5%, and can be redeemed for par (face value) on February 1, 2019. What is the accrued interest and the market price (the "clean" price) of the bond on November 15, 2006, if the bond's yield on that date is to be 8.5% ? (use actual/actual for accrued interest). Problem #1: accrued interest and market price (in that order), separated with a comma both answers correct to 2 decimals