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Question

A newly issued bond pays its coupons once a year. Its coupon rate is 4.1%, its maturity is 15 years, and its yield to maturity is 7.1%.


a. Find the holding-period return for a one-year investment period if the bond is selling at a yield to maturity of 6.1% by the end of the year. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Holding-period return             %

b. If you sell the bond after one year when its yield is 6.1%, what taxes will you owe if the tax rate on interest income is 40% and the tax rate on capital gains income is 30%? The bond is subject to original-issue discount (OID) tax treatment. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

c. What is the after-tax holding-period return on the bond? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)


After-tax holding-period return             %

d. Find the realized compound yield before taxes for a two-year holding period, assuming that (i) you sell the bond after two years, (ii) the bond yield is 6.1% at the end of the second year, and (iii) the coupon can be reinvested for one year at a 2.1% interest rate. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)


Realized compound yield before taxes             %

e. Use the tax rates in part (b) to compute the after-tax two-year realized compound yield. Remember to take account of OID tax rules. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

After-tax two-year realized compound yield             %

Tax on interest income $ Tax on capital gain $ Total taxes $

Explanation / Answer

(a)The current price of the bond =PV(0.071,15,41,1000) = 728.48

The price of the bond after an year  =PV(0.061,14,41,1000) = 815.25

Holding period return = 815.25 + 41 - 728.48 = 127.77

Holding period % = 127.77/728.48 = 17.54%

(b) Tax on Interest Income of 41 = 0.4*41 = $16.4

Capital gain = 815.25 - 728.48 = 86.77

Tax on capital gain = 86.77 *0.3 = 26.031

Total taxes = 26.031 + 16.4 = $42.43

(c) After tax holding periiod return = 127.77 - 42.43 = 85.34/728.48 = 11.71%

(d) Price after 2 years =PV(0.061,13,41,1000) = 823.98

Return = 823.98 + 41*1.021 + 41 -728.48 = 178.36

Holding period return = 178.36/728.48 = 0.2448 = 24.48%

Annual Rate = (1 +r)^2 -1 = 0.2448

r = 11.57%

Realized compund yield before taxes = 11.57%

(e) Capital Gain = 823.98 -728.48 = 95.5.

Capital gain tax = 95.5 *0.3 = 28.65

Capital gain after tax = 95.5 - 28.65 = 66.85

Interest = 41 + 41 + 41*0.021= 82 .861

Taxes = 82.861 *0.4 = 33.1444

Interest after tax = 49.7166

Total gain = 49.7166 + 66.85 =116.5666

% gain = 116.5666/728.48 = 16%

Coumpounded gain = (1+r)^2 -1 = 0.16

r = 7.70%

After tax two year compounded yield = 7.70%

Taxes =

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