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Happy Hour Inc. has $1,000 par value bonds with 6% coupon rate and 6 years to maturity. If your required rate of return is 8%, what should be the price of the bond if the bonds pay interest semi-annually?
Select one:
a. $849.28
b. $1,187.70
c. $1,099.54
d. $906.15
e. $907.54
| Frequency in a year | 2 | ||
| YTM | 8.00% | ||
| Coupon rate | 6.00% | ||
| Face value | $ 1,000 | ||
| Coupon payment | $ 30 | =1000*6%/2 | |
| Years to maturity | 6 | ||
| No. of periods | 12 | ||
| 4.00% | |||
| Year | Cash Flow | PV factor = 1/ (1+r)^t | PV | 
| 0 | $ - | 1.000 | $ - | 
| 1 | $ 30.00 | 0.962 | $ 28.85 | 
| 2 | $ 30.00 | 0.925 | $ 27.74 | 
| 3 | $ 30.00 | 0.889 | $ 26.67 | 
| 4 | $ 30.00 | 0.855 | $ 25.64 | 
| 5 | $ 30.00 | 0.822 | $ 24.66 | 
| 6 | $ 30.00 | 0.790 | $ 23.71 | 
| 7 | $ 30.00 | 0.760 | $ 22.80 | 
| 8 | $ 30.00 | 0.731 | $ 21.92 | 
| 9 | $ 30.00 | 0.703 | $ 21.08 | 
| 10 | $ 30.00 | 0.676 | $ 20.27 | 
| 11 | $ 30.00 | 0.650 | $ 19.49 | 
| 12 | $ 30.00 | 0.625 | $ 18.74 | 
| 12 | $ 1,000.00 | 0.625 | $ 624.60 | 
| Total | $ 906.15 | ||
| So the price of bond will be $ 906.15 |