CHAPTER 8 Interest Rates and Bond Valuation - TB Solutions
CHAPTER 8 Interest Rates and Bond Valuation - TB Solutions
CHAPTER 8 Interest Rates and Bond Valuation - TB Solutions
1.
a) Price $411.99
b Price $308.32
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c) Price $231.38
2.
a) Price $1,000.00
b Price $815.98
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c) Price $1,251.03
13 $1,126.68 13 $883.33
12 $1,120.44 12 $888.52
10 $1,106.59 10 $900.29
5 $1,062.37 5 $939.92
1 $1,014.25 1 $985.90
0 $1,000.00 0 $1,000.00
All else held equal, the premium over par value for a premium bond declines as maturity approaches,
and the discount from par value for a discount bond declines as maturity approaches. This is called “pull
to par.” In both cases, the largest percentage price changes occur at the shortest maturity lengths.
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19. % change in Faulk bond -13.89%, % change in Gonas bond -11.79% All else same, the lower the
coupon rate of the bond, the greater is its price sensitivity to changes in interest rates.
20. Current yield 5.96%,Yield to maturity 5.63%,Effective annual rate 5.71%
21. Yield to maturity 5.86%
22. Clean price $932.67
23. Invoice price $993.83
24. Years to maturity 8.0004391
25. Yield to maturity 6.55%,Current yield 6.87%
26. The maturity is indeterminate. A bond selling at par can have any length of maturity.
27. a)Price at issuance $263.92, b) First year deduction $14.44 c) Annual interest deduction $29.44
d) The company will prefer the straight-line method when allowed because the valuable
interest deductions occur earlier in the life of a bond.
28. a) # of coupon bonds needed 50,000,# of zeroes needed 294,580, b) Repayment of coupon
bonds $51,500,000,Repayment of zeroes $294,580,155 c)Year 1 interest payments: Coupon
bond $1,950,000 Cash outflow , Zero coupon bond $(1,065,750.00) Cash inflow
29.