Bond Practice

Bond Prices: Use the following table for problems 1 through 4.
Coupon Years to Yield to

Par Value Rate Maturity Maturity Price
$1,000.00 8% 10 6% ?
$1,000.00 6% 10 8% ?
$5,000.00 9% 20 7% ?
$5,000.00 12% 30 5% ?
2. Price the bonds from the above table with semiannual coupon payments.
3. Price the bonds from the above table with quarterly coupon payments.
4. Price the bonds from the above table with monthly coupon payments.
5. What is the yield of the above bonds if interest (coupon) is paid annually?
6. What is the yield of the above bonds if interest (coupon) is paid semiannually?
7. What is the yield of the above bonds if interest (coupon) is paid quarterly?
8. What is the yield of the above bonds if interest (coupon) is paid monthly?
9. How long to maturity for the bonds listed below?

Coupon Years to Yield to Coupon
Rate Maturity Maturity
Par Value Price Frequency
$1,000.00 8% ? 8.7713% $950.00 Annual
$1,000.00 6% ? 7.7038% $850.00 Semi-Annual
$5,000.00 9% ? 8.1838% $5,400.00 Quarterly
$5,000.00 12% ? 16.0938% $4,300.00 Monthly
60 months or 60 / 12 = 5 years to maturity
10. Coupon rates. What are the coupon rates for the bonds listed below?
Coupon Years to Yield to Coupon
Rate Maturity Maturity
Par Value Price Frequency
$1,000.00 ? 30 6.0% $1,412.94 Annual
$1,000.00 ? 25 10.0% $1,182.56 Semi-Annual
$1,000.00 ? 20 9.0% $907.63 Quarterly
$1,000.00 ? 10 8.0% $862.63 Monthly
$1,000 = 0.06 or 6%
11. Bond prices and maturity dates. Moore Company is about to issue a bond with semi-annual
coupon payments, a coupon rate of 8%, and par value of $1,000. The yield-to-maturity for
this bond is 10%.
a. What is the price of the bond if the bond matures in five, ten, fifteen, or twentyyears?
b. What do you notice about the price of the bond in relationship to thematurity of the
bond?
12. Bond Prices and Maturity Dates. Les Company is about to issue a bond with semiannual
coupon payments, a coupon rate of 10%, and par value of $1,000. The yield-to-maturity for
this bond is 8%.
a. What is the price of the bond if the bond matures in five, ten, fifteen, or twentyyears?
b. What do you notice about the price of the bond in relationship to the maturity of the
bond?
13. Zero-coupon bond. Addison Company will issue a zero coupon bond this coming month.
The projected yield for the bond is 7%. If the par value of the bond is $1,000, what is the
price of the bond using a semiannual convention if
a. The maturity is 20 years?
b. The maturity is 30 years?
c. The maturity is 50 years?
d. The maturity is 100 years?
14. Zero-coupon bond. Wesley Company will issue a zero-coupon bond this coming month. The
projected yield for the bond is 5%. If the par value of the bond is $1,000, what is the price of
the bond using a semiannual convention if
a. The maturity is 20 years?
b. The maturity is 30 years?
c. The maturity is 50 years?
d. The maturity is 100 years?
15. Zero-coupon bond. What is the annual implied interest of a five-year zero-coupon bond
(using the semiannual pricing convention) with a current yield of 12% and a par value of
$1,000.00?
16. Callable bond.Corso Books has just sold a callable bond. The bond is a thirty year semi-
annual bond with a coupon rate of 6%. Investors, however, can call the bond starting at the
end of ten years. If the yield-to-call on this bond is 8% and the call requires Corso Books to
pay one year of additional interest at the call (two coupon payments), what is the price of this
bond if priced with the assumption that it will be called on the first available call date?
17. Callable bond. McCarty Manufacturing Company makes baseball equipment. The company
decides to issue a callable bondthat it expects to sell for $840 per bond. If the bond is a
twenty-year semiannual bond with a 6% coupon rate and a current yield to maturity of 7%,
what is the cost of the option attached to the bond? (Assume $1000 par value). Hint: find the
price of an equivalent bond without the call option.
18. Missing information on a bond. Your broker faxed you the following information on two
semiannual coupon bonds that you are considering as a potential investment. Unfortunately,
your fax machine is blurring some of the items and all you can read from the fax on the two
different bonds is the following information:
IBM Coupon Bond AOL Coupon Bond
Face Value (Par) $1,000 $1,000
Coupon Rate 9.5%
Yield to Maturity 7.5% 9.5%
Years to Maturity 10 20
Price $689.15
Fill in the missing data from the information sent by the broker.
19. What is the price in dollars of the February 2000 Treasury note if its par value is $100,000?
Verify the current yield of this note.
20. What is the yield to maturity of the August 2005 Treasury bond? Compare the yield to
maturity and the current yield. How do you explain this relationship?
21. What is the price of the August 2003 Treasury bond (assume a $100,000 par value) with the
yieldtomaturity from the table? Verify the current yield. Why is the current yield higher than
the yieldtomaturity?
22. What is the yieldtomaturity of the February 1995 Treasury bond based on the price from the
table? Verify the current yield. Why is the current yield higher than the yield-to-maturity?
23. What pattern do you see in the yield-to-maturity of these Treasury notes and bonds?
24. What is the price for the March 30 Treasury bill?
25. What is the price for the April 30 Treasury bill?
26. What is the price for the June 30 Treasury bill?
27. Determine the bank discount rate of the August 30Treasury billif it is currently selling for
$9,841.625. What is the bond equivalent yield?
28. What are the bond equivalent yields of the March 30, April 30, and June 30 T-Bills?

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Bond Prices: Use the following table for problems 1 through 4.

Coupon Years to Yield to

9. How long to maturity for the bonds listed below?

24. What is the price for the March 30 Treasury bill?

25. What is the price for the April 30 Treasury bill?

26. What is the price for the June 30 Treasury bill?

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