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You own a bond that pays $100 in annual interest, with a $1000 par value. It matures in 20 years. The market's required yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond is 11 percent.
A. Calculate the value of the bond.
B. How does the value change if the yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond (i)increase to 14% or (ii) decreases to 6%?
C. Explain the implications of your answers in part b as they relate to interest rate risk, premium bonds, and discount bonds.
D. Assume that the bond matures in 4 years instead of 20 years and recalculate your answers in parts a and b.
E. Explain the implications of your answers in part d as they relate to interest-rate risk, premium bonds, and discount bonds.