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You have been offered a U.S Treasury Bill. The Face value of the bill is $10,000, and the price is $8,925.The bill matures in 1/2 year. Compute the YTM using both discrete and continuously compounded interest on excel
Yield to Maturity (YTM) = I+ (F-P)n(F+P2)
Where ; I = Interest Amount
F = Face Value/ Redemption Proceeds
P = Current Market Price
F-P = Capital Gain
N = No. of period
Assumed Coupon rate is 10%
Yield to Maturity (YTM) = I+ (F-P)n(F+P2)
= { 1000+(10000-8925)/.5 }/ (10000+8925)/2
= 3150/9462.5
= 33.29%