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A $1,000 par value bond was issued 25 years ago at a 12 percent coupon rate. It currently has 15 years remaining to maturity. Interest rates on similar obligations are now 10 percent. Assume Ms. Bright bought the bond three years ago when it had a price of $1,040. Further assume Ms. Bright paid 20 percent of the purchase price in cash and borrowed the rest (known as buying on margin). She used the interest payments from the bond to cover the interest costs on the loan.
a. What is the current price of the bond? Use
Table 16-2. (Input your answer to 2 decimal places.)
b. What is her dollar profit based on the
bond’s current price? (Do not round intermediate
calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
c. How much of the purchase price of $1,040 did
Ms. Bright pay in cash? (Do not round intermediate
calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
d. What is Ms. Bright’s percentage return on
her cash investment? Divide the answer to part b by the
answer to part c. (Do not round intermediate
calculations. Input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal
places.)
(a)
Current price of the Bond = Present value of the future Interest receipt + Present value of the maturity amount
Current price of the Bond =
A = Annual coupon = $1000*12% = $120
y = yield rate = 10% = 0.10
n= year to maturity = 15 year
MV = Matturity value = $1000
hence current price of the Bond =
=>current price of the Bond=$1152.12
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(b)
Bond's original price = $1040
Bonds Current price = $1152.12
Coupon earnings in 3 year = $120*3 = $360
$ Profit = Current price-Purchase price+Interest income = $1152.12-$1040+$360 = $472.12.
Hence $ Profit =$472.12
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(c)
Amount paid in cash = $1040*20% =$208
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(d)
percentage return on cash investment = $ profit / cash investment * 100 = [$472.12 / $208]*100 = 226.98%
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