Use the following zero-coupon bond prices to answer the next questions: Days to Maturity Zero-Coupon Bond Price 90 180 270 360 0.99009 0.97943 0.96525 0.95238 Suppose you are the counterparty for a lender who enters into an FRA to hedge the lending rate on $10m for a 90-day loan commencing on day 270. What positions in zero-coupon bonds would you use to bedge the risk on the FRA?

Use the following zero-coupon bond prices to answer the next questions: Days to Maturity Zero-Coupon Bond Price 90 180 270 360 0.99009 0.97943 0.96525 0.95238 Suppose you are the counterparty for a lender who enters into an FRA to hedge the lending rate on $10m for a 90-day loan commencing on day 270. What positions in zero-coupon bonds would you use to bedge the risk on the FRA?

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The following is a list of prices for zero-coupon bonds of various maturities. a. Calculate the yield to maturity for a bond with a maturity of (i) one year; (ii) two years; (iii) three years; (iv) four years. Assume annual coupon payments. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Maturity (Years) 1 2 3 4 Maturity (years) 1 2 3 4 Maturity (Years) 2 3 4 $ $ $ $ b. Calculate the forward rate for (i) the second year; (ii) the third year; (iii) the fourth year. Assume annual coupon payments. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) $ $ $ Price of Bond 983.40 918.47 867.62 774.16 Price of Bond $983.40 918.47 867.62 774.16 Price of Bond YTM 918.47 867.62 774.16 % % % % Forward Rate % % % #
Q2. Duration and Convexity Bond A has face value at $1,000, coupon rate of 6% paid semi-annually, 5 years to maturity, and a yield to maturity of 7%. a. Using the bond pricing formula, calculate the price of the bond and duration. ABC b. Calculate the convexity of the bond. c. Using the calculations from above, what is the "approximated bond price change" using duration and convexity, if the interest rate increases by 1%? d. What is the actual change in the bond price if the interest rate increases by 1%? e. Based on c) and d) above, discuss the roles of duration and convexity in estimating the price change. Which risk measure plays a bigger role? f. Suppose you have two bonds with the same maturity date but one bond has a 10% coupon rate while the other has a 5% coupon rate. Which of these two bonds would have a higher duration?
Suppose you observe the following zero - coupon bond prices per $1 of maturity payment: 0.96154 (1-year), 0.91573 (2-year), 0.87630(3-year), 0.82270 (4- year), 0.77611 (5-year). What is the par coupon rate for the 4-year bond? Question 3 options: 3.999834% 4.488965% 4.492350 % 4.957679 % 5.144082%
Please see attached. Definitions: Zero-coupon bond is a bond that pays no coupons over its maturity. Yield to maturity (YTM) is the return the bond holder receives on the bond if held to maturity. Par value is the principal amount to be repaid at the maturity of the bond. Maturity date is the expiration date of the bond on which the final interest payment is made as well as the principal repayment.
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The following is a T-bond quote (par value $1,000) from the WSJ (8/31/2018). Use the information in the quote to answer the question. Maturity Coupon Bid Asked Chg Asked Yield 8/31/2,034 11.68 104:15 104:20 -14 ??? How much is the premium or discount of this bond? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16). Use a negative sign to represent a discount.)
A bond is currently selling for $880. This indicates that this bond is _____, and you would expect that the coupon rate would be _____ than the current market rate. Attractive; greater than Attractive; less than Unattractive; greater than Unattractive; less than
A firm issues a one-year bond with face value 1000 at time T and the firm’s assets value is 1,500 and the volatility of the firm’s assets is 0.3. What is the distance to default of this firm in KMV model? What is the probability of default?
PICK ONE: Explain why YOU: Suppose that 6 months after you purchase the bond, the market rate for interest on this type of bond falls to 7.00%. This will cause the (coupon / market price / par value) to (fall / rise). From the issuer’s perspective, the lower interest rate means that he or she would be (worse / better) off issuing new bonds at this lower rate than continuing to pay you 9%.
Comment on the attractiveness of the bonds in two ways: a) How does the yield compare to the benchmark? Market YTM: 3.62% YTM of bond: 3.72% b) How does the current price compare to the benchmark-yield implied price? Price: 100.875 Implied price: 100.923
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A Treasury bond that settles on August 10, 2022, matures on November 5, 2029. The coupon rate is 6.8 percent and the 11811 32 quoted price is What is the bond's yield to maturity? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Yield to maturity A Treasury bond that settles on August 10, 2022, matures on November 5, 2029. The coupon rate is 6.8 percent and the quoted price is 118 11/32. What is the bond's yield to maturity? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Yield to maturity

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