Question

Lance Whittingham IV specializes in buying deep discount bonds. These represent bonds that are trading at well below par value. He has his eye on a bond issued by the Leisure Time Corporation. The $1,000 par value bond pays 4 percent annual interest and has 18 years remaining to maturity. The current yield to maturity on similar bonds is 12 percent.
  
a. What is the current price of the bonds? Use Appendix B and Appendix D for an approximate answer but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to 2 decimal places. Assume interest payments are annual.)
  

b. By what percent will the price of the bonds increase between now and maturity? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)
  

Answer 1

	Solution:
a)	FV	$1000
	Annual Interest	4%
	Interest =$1000*4%	40
	Term	18 Years
	Yield to Maturity	12%
	Appendix D
	Present Value of Interest Payments
	1/1.12^1		0.892857143
	1/1.12^2		0.797193878
	1/1.12^3		0.711780248
	1/1.12^4		0.635518078
	1/1.12^5		0.567426856
	1/1.12^6		0.506631121
	1/1.12^7		0.452349215
	1/1.12^8		0.403883228
	1/1.12^9		0.360610025
	1/1.12^10		0.321973237
	1/1.12^11		0.287476104
	1/1.12^12		0.256675093
	1/1.12^13		0.22917419
	1/1.12^14		0.204619813
	1/1.12^15		0.182696261
	1/1.12^16		0.163121662
	1/1.12^17		0.145644341
	1/1.12^18		0.13003959
		Sum	7.249670082
	PV of interest payments = Interest amount * Total of Discounting Factor
			$40*7.249670082
			$289.99
	Appendix B
	PV of principal Payments at Maturity
	PV of principal Payments at Maturity = Maturity Value * Discounting Factor of 18 Period
			$1000*0.13003959
			$130.04
	Current Price of bond = $289.99+$130.04
	Current Price of bond    =		$420.03
	We can also calculate the Current price of bond by
	Using PV Function in excel we will calculate the Current Price of bond
	PV(12%,18,40,1000)
	$420.03
b)	Maturity Value	$1000
	Current Price of Bond	$420.03
	Dollar increase in Price	$579.97
	Percent Increase = Increase in Price /Current Price *100
	$579.97/$420.03*100
	138.08	%
	The bond would increase by 138.08%