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Watch-over-ya Securities has issued $1,000 par value bonds with 21 years maturity. The bonds pay 7.75% interest on an annual basis. The current market price of the bonds is $1,350. What is the yield-to-maturity of these bonds?
7.21%
2.52%
8.26%
5.02%
Compute the annual interest, using the equation as shown below:
Annual interest = Face value*Annual interest rate
= $1,000*7.75%
= $77.50
Hence, the annual interest rate is $77.50.
Compute the yield to maturity, using MS-excel as shown below:
The result of the above excel table is as follows:
Hence, the yield to maturity is 5.02%.