In: Finance
Problem 11-24
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A 30-year maturity bond making annual coupon payments with a coupon rate of 14% has duration of 10.53 years and convexity of 192.2. The bond currently sells at a yield to maturity of 9%. |
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| (a) |
Find the price of the bond if its yield to maturity falls to 8% or rises to 10%. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.) |
| Yield to maturity of 8% | $ |
| Yield to maturity of 10% | $ |
| (b) |
What prices for the bond at these new yields would be predicted by the duration rule and the duration-with-convexity rule?(Round your answers to 2 decimal places. Omit the "$" sign in your response.) |
| Duration rule | Duration-with- convexity rule |
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| YTM falls to 8% | $ | $ |
| YTM increases to 10% | $ | $ |
| (c) | What is the percent error for each rule? (Round your answers to 3 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response.) |
| Duration rule | Duration-with- convexity rule |
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| Percent error for 8% YTM | % | % |
| Percent error for 10% YTM | % | % |
| (d) | What do you conclude about the accuracy of the two rules? |