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The following table records current prices for zero-coupon bonds of various maturities (all securities have a face value of $1000):
Price ($)
Bond Maturity (Years) A 1 970.87
B 2 933.51
C 3 889.00
Use the prices to value a bond with a coupon rate of 7% per year, $100,000 face value, and three years remaining to maturity (annual coupon payments). The next coupon payment is one year away (i.e., at time 1).
=Coupon rate*Par*P1+Coupon rate*Par*P2+(1+Coupon
rate)*Par*P3
=7%*100000*970.87/1000+7%*100000*933.51/1000+(7%+1)*100000*889.00/1000
=108453.6600