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A $1,000 par value bond has coupon rate of 5% and the coupon is paid semi-annually. The bond matures in 20 years and has a required rate of return of 10%. Compute the current price of this bond?
Par value of the bond = 1000
Coupon rate = 5%
Annual YTM = 10%
Time to maturity = 20 years
The coupons are paid semi-annually, so we will consider semi-annual number of periods, semi-annual YTM and semi-annual coupon payments
Semi-annual coupon rate = 5%/2 = 2.5%
Semi-annual coupon payment = 2.5%*1000 = 25
Semi-annula number of periods = 20*2 = 40
Semi-annual YTM = 10%/2 = 5%
Method 1: Current price calculation using ba ii plus calculator
Inster the values in the calculator
N = 40
I/Y = 5
PMT = 25
FV = 1000
CPT -> PV [Press CPT and then press PV]
We get, PV = 571.0228412 ~ 571.02
Answer -> Current Price of the bond = 571.02
Method 2: Current price calculation using Excel
We can use the PV function in Excel to compute the current price of the bond as shown below:
=PV(5%,40,25,1000) = 571.0228412
Answer -> Current Price of the Bond = 571.02