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Jason Greg is a recent retiree who is interested in investing some of his saving

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Question

Jason Greg is a recent retiree who is interested in investing some of his savings in corporate bonds. Listed below are the bonds he is considering adding to his portfolio. Bond A has a 7.5% semiannual coupon, matures in 12 years, and has a $1,000 face value. Bond B has a 10% semiannual coupon, matures in 12 years, and has a $1,000 face value. Bond C has an 11.5% semiannual coupon, matures in 12 years, and has a $1,000 face value. Each bond has a YTM of 10%. a. Before calculating the prices of the bonds, indicate whether each bond is trading at a premium, discount or par. b. Calculate the price of each of these bonds. c. Calculate the current yield for each bond.

Explanation / Answer

a

Bond A-Premium

Bond B-Par

Bond C-Discount

b.

Price of the bond A @ 7.5% Year Cash flow Pv@3.75% PV $ 0.5                  50      0.9639         48.19 1                  50      0.9290         46.45 1.5                  50      0.8954         44.77 2                  50      0.8631         43.15 2.5                  50      0.8319         41.59 3                  50      0.8018         40.09 3.5                  50      0.7728         38.64 4                  50      0.7449         37.24 4.5                  50      0.7180         35.90 5                  50      0.6920         34.60 5.5                  50      0.6670         33.35 6                  50      0.6429         32.14 6.5                  50      0.6197         30.98 7                  50      0.5973         29.86 7.5                  50      0.5757         28.78 8                  50      0.5549         27.74 8.5                  50      0.5348         26.74 9                  50      0.5155         25.77 9.5                  50      0.4969         24.84 10                  50      0.4789         23.94 10.5                  50      0.4616         23.08 11                  50      0.4449         22.24 11.5                  50      0.4288         21.44 12                  50      0.4133         20.67 12            1,000      0.4133      413.32 Price of the bond 1,195.56 Price of the bond B @ 10% Year Cash flow Pv@5% PV $ 0.5                  50      0.9524         47.62 1                  50      0.9070         45.35 1.5                  50      0.8638         43.19 2                  50      0.8227         41.14 2.5                  50      0.7835         39.18 3                  50      0.7462         37.31 3.5                  50      0.7107         35.53 4                  50      0.6768         33.84 4.5                  50      0.6446         32.23 5                  50      0.6139         30.70 5.5                  50      0.5847         29.23 6                  50      0.5568         27.84 6.5                  50      0.5303         26.52 7                  50      0.5051         25.25 7.5                  50      0.4810         24.05 8                  50      0.4581         22.91 8.5                  50      0.4363         21.81 9                  50      0.4155         20.78 9.5                  50      0.3957         19.79 10                  50      0.3769         18.84 10.5                  50      0.3589         17.95 11                  50      0.3418         17.09 11.5                  50      0.3256         16.28 12                  50      0.3101         15.50 12            1,000      0.3101      310.07 Price of the bond 1,000.00 Price of the bond C @ 11.5% Year Cash flow Pv@5.75% PV $ 0.5                  50      0.9456         47.28 1                  50      0.8942         44.71 1.5                  50      0.8456         42.28 2                  50      0.7996         39.98 2.5                  50      0.7561         37.81 3                  50      0.7150         35.75 3.5                  50      0.6761         33.81 4                  50      0.6394         31.97 4.5                  50      0.6046         30.23 5                  50      0.5717         28.59 5.5                  50      0.5406         27.03 6                  50      0.5113         25.56 6.5                  50      0.4835         24.17 7                  50      0.4572         22.86 7.5                  50      0.4323         21.62 8                  50      0.4088         20.44 8.5                  50      0.3866         19.33 9                  50      0.3656         18.28 9.5                  50      0.3457         17.28 10                  50      0.3269         16.34 10.5                  50      0.3091         15.46 11                  50      0.2923         14.62 11.5                  50      0.2764         13.82 12                  50      0.2614         13.07 12            1,000      0.2614      261.38 Price of the bond      903.66
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