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Knight, Inc., has issued a three-year bond that pays a coupon of 4.71 percent. Coupon payments are made semiannually. Given the market rate of interest of 4.98 percent, what is the market value of the bond?
| Computatio Of Value Of The Bond | ||
| a | Semi-annual Coupon Amount | $ 23.55 |
| ($1000*4.71%/2) | ||
| b | Present Value Annuity Factor for (6 Years,2.49%) | 5.509968 |
| c | Present Value Of Annual Interest (a*b) | $ 129.76 |
| d | Redemption Value | $ 1,000.00 |
| e | Present Value Factor Of (6 Years,2.49%) | 0.86280 |
| g | Present Value Of Redemption Amount (d*e) | $ 862.80 |
| f | Bond Value (c+g) | $ 992.56 |