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Cullumber, Inc., has bonds outstanding that will mature in 8 years. The bonds have a face value of $1,000. These bonds pay interest semiannually and have a coupon rate of 4.6 percent. If the bonds are currently selling at $871.92, what is the yield to maturity that an investor who buys them today can expect to earn? (Round answer to 3 decimal place, e.g. 5.275%.) Yield to maturity % What is the effective annual yield? (Round answer to 3 decimal places, e.g. 5.275%.) Effective annual yield %
Information provided:
Face value= future value= $1,000
Time= 8 years*2= 16 semi-annual periods
Coupon rate= 4.60%/2= 2.30%
Coupon payment= 0.0230*1,000= $23
Current price= present value= $871.92
a.The yield to maturity is calculated by entering the below in a financial calculator:
FV= 1,000
PMT= 23
N= 16
PV= -871.92
Press the CPT key and I/Y to compute the yield to maturity.
The value obtained is 3.3469.
Therefore, the yield to maturity is 3.3469%*2= 6.6938% 6.694%.
b. The effective annual yield is calculated using the below formula:
Effective annual yield= (1+r/n)^n-1
Where r is the interest rate and n is the number of compounding periods in one year.
Effective annual yield = (1+ 0.0669/2)^2 – 1
= 1.0680 – 1
= 0.0680*100
= 6.802%
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