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A 30-year maturity, 8% coupon bond paying coupons semiannually
is callable in five years at a call price of
$1,020. The bond currently sells for $1,059.34.
a) What are the yield to maturity and the yield to call of the
bond?
b) What would be the yield to call annually if the call price were
only $970?
c) What would be the yield to call annually if the call price were
$1,020, but the bond could be called in
two years instead of five years?
d) Sketch the price of the bond as a function of the interest
rate
USE RATE () function in excel to find yield. That will be semi annual yield so multiply it by 2 to get annual yield
pmt - coupon payment
fv - face value
pv - price (take -ve sign)
nper - number of coupon payments
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Interest rate and price has inverse relationship
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