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suppose you buy 1000 par value bond that matures in 15 years and pays an annual coupon rate of 6% for a price of 965.38 if you hold the bond for 1 year and sell it when it's yield to maturity is 7.5% what is your one year return
- Par Value of Bond = $1000
Annual Coupon Payment = $1000*6%
= $60
Bond Purchased at price= $965.38
- You sell the bond 1 year after the purchase when Yield to maturity(YTM) is 7.5%
No of years to maturity left(n) = 15 years - 1 years
= 14 years
Calculating the selling price of bond:-
Price = $509.352 + $363.31
Selling price of Bond = $872.66
Now, Calculating the one year return:-
Return = [(Sell Price - Buy Price) + Coupon Received]/Buy Price
=[($872.66 - 965.38) + $60]/$965.38
= -3.39%
So, one year return is -3.39%