Questions from Financial Markets


Q: You have just been offered a bond for $863.73

You have just been offered a bond for $863.73. The coupon rate is 8 percent payable annually, and the yield to maturity on new issues with the same degree of risk are 10 percent. You want to know how...

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Q: a. What is the duration of a two-year bond

a. What is the duration of a two-year bond that pays an annual coupon of 10 percent and has a current yield to maturity of 12 percent? Use $1,000 as the face value. b. What is the duration of a two-ye...

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Q: What is the value of a $1,000 bond with

What is the value of a $1,000 bond with a 12-year maturity and an 8 percent coupon rate (paid semiannually) if the required rate of return is 5 percent, 6 percent, 8 percent, and 10 percent?

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Q: A 10-year, 12 percent semiannual coupon bond, with

A 10-year, 12 percent semiannual coupon bond, with a par value of $1,000 sells for $1,100. What is the bond’s yield to maturity?

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Q: Suppose we observe the three-year Treasury security rate to be

Suppose we observe the three-year Treasury security rate to be 12 percent, the expected one-year rate next year— E( 2 r 1 ) —to be 8 percent, and the expected one-year rate the following year— E( 3 r...

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Q: What is the yield to maturity on the following bonds; all

What is the yield to maturity on the following bonds; all have a maturity of 10 years, a face value of $1,000, and a coupon rate of 9 percent (paid semiannually). The bonds’ current...

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Q: BSW Corporation has a bond issue outstanding with an annual coupon rate

BSW Corporation has a bond issue outstanding with an annual coupon rate of 7 percent paid quarterly and four years remaining until maturity. The par value of the bond is $1,000. Determine the fair pre...

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Q: The FOMC has instructed the FRBNY Trading Desk to purchase $500

The FOMC has instructed the FRBNY Trading Desk to purchase $500 million in U.S. Treasury securities. The Federal Reserve has currently set the reserve requirement at 5 percent of transaction deposits...

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Q: Suppose we observe the following rates: 1 R1 = 10%

Suppose we observe the following rates: 1 R1 = 10% , 1 R 2 = 14% , and E( 2 r 1 ) = 18% . If the liquidity premium theory of the term structure of interest rates holds, what is the liquidit...

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Q: The Wall Street Journal reports that the rate on three-year

The Wall Street Journal reports that the rate on three-year Treasury securities is 5.25 percent and the rate on four-year Treasury securities is 5.50 percent. The one-year interest rate expected in th...

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