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Doisneau 15-year bonds have an annual coupon interest of 12 percent, make interest payments on a semiannual basis, and have a $1000 par value. If the bonds are trading with a market's required yield to maturity of 13 percent, are these premium or discount bonds? Explain your answer. What is the price of the bonds? (round to the nearest cent)
Period | Cash Flow | Discounting
Factor [1/(1.065^year)] |
PV of Cash
Flows (cash flows*discounting factor) |
1 | 60 | 0.938967136 | 56.33802817 |
2 | 60 | 0.881659283 | 52.89955697 |
3 | 60 | 0.827849092 | 49.67094551 |
4 | 60 | 0.777323091 | 46.63938545 |
5 | 60 | 0.729880837 | 43.79285019 |
6 | 60 | 0.685334119 | 41.12004713 |
7 | 60 | 0.643506215 | 38.61037289 |
8 | 60 | 0.604231188 | 36.25387126 |
9 | 60 | 0.567353228 | 34.04119367 |
10 | 60 | 0.532726036 | 31.96356213 |
11 | 60 | 0.50021224 | 30.0127344 |
12 | 60 | 0.469682854 | 28.18097126 |
13 | 60 | 0.441016765 | 26.46100588 |
14 | 60 | 0.414100249 | 24.84601491 |
15 | 60 | 0.388826524 | 23.32959147 |
16 | 60 | 0.365095328 | 21.90571969 |
17 | 60 | 0.342812515 | 20.56875088 |
18 | 60 | 0.321889685 | 19.31338111 |
19 | 60 | 0.302243836 | 18.13463015 |
20 | 60 | 0.283797029 | 17.02782174 |
21 | 60 | 0.266476083 | 15.98856501 |
22 | 60 | 0.250212285 | 15.0127371 |
23 | 60 | 0.234941113 | 14.09646676 |
24 | 60 | 0.220601984 | 13.23611902 |
25 | 60 | 0.207138013 | 12.42828077 |
26 | 60 | 0.194495787 | 11.6697472 |
27 | 60 | 0.182625152 | 10.95750911 |
28 | 60 | 0.171479016 | 10.28874095 |
29 | 60 | 0.16101316 | 9.660789624 |
30 | 60 | 0.151186066 | 9.071163967 |
30 | 1000 | 0.151186066 | 151.1860661 |
Price
of the Bond = Sum of PVs |
934.7066205 |
Price of Bond = $934.71
As the Price is LOWER THAN PAR VALUE, it is a Discount Bond. Also, the Coupon Rate is LOWER THAN YIELD RATE, therefore, it will trade at Discount.