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A $1,000 bond with a coupon rate of 5% paid semi-annually has 10 years to maturity and a yield to maturity of 7%. The price of the bond is closest to $________. Input your answer without the $ sign and round your answer to two decimal places.
Semi Annual Coupon = 1000*5%/2 = $25
Semi Annual Yield = 0.07/2 = 0.035
| Period | Cash Flow |
Discounting Factor [1/(1.035^year)] |
PV of Cash Flows (cash flows*discounting factor) |
| 1 | 25 | 0.966183575 | 24.15458937 |
| 2 | 25 | 0.9335107 | 23.33776751 |
| 3 | 25 | 0.901942706 | 22.54856764 |
| 4 | 25 | 0.871442228 | 21.78605569 |
| 5 | 25 | 0.841973167 | 21.04932917 |
| 6 | 25 | 0.813500644 | 20.33751611 |
| 7 | 25 | 0.785990961 | 19.64977402 |
| 8 | 25 | 0.759411556 | 18.98528891 |
| 9 | 25 | 0.733730972 | 18.3432743 |
| 10 | 25 | 0.708918814 | 17.72297034 |
| 11 | 25 | 0.684945714 | 17.12364284 |
| 12 | 25 | 0.661783298 | 16.54458246 |
| 13 | 25 | 0.639404153 | 15.98510382 |
| 14 | 25 | 0.61778179 | 15.44454476 |
| 15 | 25 | 0.596890619 | 14.92226547 |
| 16 | 25 | 0.576705912 | 14.41764779 |
| 17 | 25 | 0.557203779 | 13.93009449 |
| 18 | 25 | 0.53836114 | 13.45902849 |
| 19 | 25 | 0.52015569 | 13.00389226 |
| 20 | 25 | 0.502565884 | 12.56414711 |
| 20 | 1000 | 0.502565884 | 502.5658844 |
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Price of the Bond = Sum of PVs |
857.875967 = 857.88 |