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Consider a bond that has a $10,000 face value and a coupon rate of 4%.
Show the expression to find the price and find the price in each of the following cases:
1. The bond has one year to maturity and the interest rate is 3%.
2. The bond has one year to maturity and the interest rate is 5%.
3. The bond has two years to maturity and the interest rate is 3%.
4. The bond has two years to maturity and the interest rate is 5%.
5. Compute the percentage change in the price for the one-year bond as the interest rate rises from 3% to 5%.
6. Compute the percentage change in the price for the two-year bond as the interest rate rises from 3% to 5%.
7. Are your results consistent with the fact that a change in the interest rate reduces the price by a larger percentage for long term bonds than for short term bonds?
Face Value = $10,000
Annual Coupon Rate = 4%
Annual Coupon = 4% * $10,000
Annual Coupon = $400
Answer 1.
Annual Interest Rate = 3%
Time to Maturity = 1 year
Price of Bond = $400 * PVIF(3%, 1) + $10,000 * PVIF(3%, 1)
Price of Bond = $400 / 1.03 + $10,000 / 1.03
Price of Bond = $10,097.09
Answer 2.
Annual Interest Rate = 5%
Time to Maturity = 1 year
Price of Bond = $400 * PVIF(5%, 1) + $10,000 * PVIF(5%, 1)
Price of Bond = $400 / 1.05 + $10,000 / 1.05
Price of Bond = $9,904.76
Answer 3.
Annual Interest Rate = 3%
Time to Maturity = 2 years
Price of Bond = $400 * PVIFA(3%, 2) + $10,000 * PVIF(3%,
2)
Price of Bond = $400 * (1 - (1/1.03)^2) / 1.03 + $10,000 /
1.03^2
Price of Bond = $10,191.35
Answer 4.
Annual Interest Rate = 5%
Time to Maturity = 2 years
Price of Bond = $400 * PVIFA(5%, 2) + $10,000 * PVIF(5%,
2)
Price of Bond = $400 * (1 - (1/1.05)^2) / 1.05 + $10,000 /
1.05^2
Price of Bond = $9,814.06