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MLK Bank has an asset portfolio that consists of $130 million of
15-year, 5.5 percent coupon, $1,000 bonds with annual coupon
payments that sell at par.
a-1. What will be the bonds’ new prices if market
yields change immediately by ± 0.10 percent?
a-2. What will be the new prices if market yields
change immediately by ± 2.00 percent?
b-1. The duration of these bonds is 10.5896 years.
What are the predicted bond prices in each of the four cases using
the duration rule?
b-2. What is the amount of error between the
duration prediction and the actual market values?
Bonds new price:
A1
At +0.10%
At -0.10%
A2
At +2.0%
-2.0%
B1
At +0.10%
At -0.10%
At +2.0%
At -2.0%
Amount of Error: (round to two decimal points)
B2
At +0.10%
At -0.10%
At +2.0%
At -2.0%