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1. Today, you can buy a 15-year Treasury bond with a 3.8% coupon rate for $1067.49. Show your work.
Being a Treasury Bond, coupon payment frequency is assumed as semi annual.
Part A: YTM of the bond= 1.614399%
Part B: Assuming call able in 6 years, Yield to Call (YTC)= 2.860401%
Part C: If the required rate of return is 3.5%, value of the bond= $1,034.78
Since the value ascertained as above is less than the selling price of $1,067.49, it will not be bought at this selling rate.
Calculations as below: