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A bond offers a coupon rate of 4%, paid annually, and has a maturity of 5 years. The current market yield is 9%. If market conditions remain unchanged, what should be the Capital Gains Yield of the bond?
| Step-1:Calculation of current price of bond | ||||
| Current price | = | =-pv(rate,nper,pmt,fv) | ||
| = | $ 805.52 | |||
| Where, | ||||
| rate | Market yield | 9% | ||
| nper | Number of period | 5 | ||
| pmt | Coupon payment | $ 40 | ||
| fv | Face value | $ 1,000 | ||
| Step-2:Calculation of current yield | ||||
| Current yield | = | Annual coupon | / | Current price |
| = | $ 40 | / | $ 805.52 | |
| = | 4.97% | |||
| Step-3:Calculation of Capital gain Yield | ||||
| Capital Gain Yield | = | Market yield | - | Current yield |
| = | 9% | - | 4.97% | |
| = | 4.03% | |||
| Capital gain yield should be 4.03% | ||||