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You purchase a $15,000 9.500% Treasury bond maturing November 7, 2019. The bond is priced to yield 8.750% and settles June 14, 2017.
The base price of the bond is
Accrued Interest adds
The invoice price is thus
Face Value= $15,000
Annual Rate= 9.5%
Yield= 8.75%
Settlement Date= 14/06/2017
Maturity Date= 07/11/2019
Base Price of the bond= Value of bond as % of par/ 100*Face value
Value of bond as % of par= using PRICE function in excel we calculate this figure which is 98.36
Now putting the values in above formula we get,
Base price of bond= 98.36/100*15000
= $14,754.16
Answer: Base price of bond is $14,754.16