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Consider the following bond quotes for ABC and XYZ Corp. It is June 27, 2015. Yo

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Question

Consider the following bond quotes for ABC and XYZ Corp. It is June 27, 2015. You must provide equations for each of the questions.

Issuer Name

Coupon

Maturity

Last

Change

Yield%

ABC Corp.

6.375

Jun 2026

95.351

-0.315

?????

XYZ Corp

0.000

Jun 2031

83.458

+0.234

?????

Note that yields for ABC and XYZ Corp bonds are all semiannually compounded.

a.(4 points) Supply the missing information (yield%) for each of the bonds.

b.(4 points) What are the current yield and expected capital gains yield for ABC Corp bond?

c.(2 points) What was the yesterday’s price for ABC Corp bond?

(4 points) What is the implicit interest expense in dollars of year 2020 for XYZ Corp bond? Recall that the bond’s yield is compounded semiannually.

Issuer Name

Coupon

Maturity

Last

Change

Yield%

ABC Corp.

6.375

Jun 2026

95.351

-0.315

?????

XYZ Corp

0.000

Jun 2031

83.458

+0.234

?????

Explanation / Answer

TM= Coupon+FV-BV/n/FV+BV/2 Coupon=100*6.375%/2=3.18

ytm= 3.18+100-95.351/22/100+95.351/2

yIELD=3.47*2=6.95%

xyz= 0+100-83.458/32/100+83.48/2=

ytm=1.127%

Current Yield= Annual Cash Flows/ Market Price

abc=6.675/95.351*100=7% xyz =0

c. Yesterdays price for ABC corporation=95.351-(-.315)= $ 95.666

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