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A noncallable Treasury bond has a quoted yield of 4.78 percent. It has a 5.75 percent coupon and 13 years to maturity. Assuming $1,000 par value. What is its quoted price?
Quoted price is $1,092.34
Working:
Price of bond is the present value of cash flows from bond -(a) Coupon Interest and (b) Maturity Value. | ||||||||||||||
Present Value of coupon interest | $ 547.36 | |||||||||||||
Present Value of Par Value | $ 544.98 | |||||||||||||
Price of bond | $ 1,092.34 | |||||||||||||
Working: | ||||||||||||||
Annual coupon interest | = | Face Value x Coupon rate | = | $ 1,000.00 | x | 5.75% | = | $ 57.50 | ||||||
Cumulative discount factor | = | (1-(1+i)^-n)/i | Where, | |||||||||||
= | (1-(1+0.0478)^-13)/0.0478 | i | 4.78% | |||||||||||
= | 9.51924 | n | 13 | |||||||||||
Discount factor for 13th period | = | 1.0478^-13 | ||||||||||||
= | 0.54498 | |||||||||||||
Present Value of coupon interest | = | Coupon Interest x Cumulative discount factor | ||||||||||||
= | $ 57.50 | x | 9.51924 | |||||||||||
= | $ 547.36 | |||||||||||||
Present Value of Par Value | = | Par Value x discount factor | ||||||||||||
= | $ 1,000.00 | x | 0.54498 | |||||||||||
= | $ 544.98 | |||||||||||||