Bond X is a premium bond making semiannual payments. The bond pays a coupon rate of 7.4

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Bond X is a premium bond making semiannual payments. The bond pays a coupon rate of 7.4 percent, has a YTM of 6.8 percent, and has 13 years to maturity. Bond Y is a discount bond making semiannual payments. This bond pays a coupon rate of 6.8 percent, has a YTM of 7.4 percent, and also has 13 years to maturity. What is the price of each bond today? If interest rates remain unchanged, what do you expect the price of these bonds to be one year from now? In three years? In eight years? In 12 years? In 13 years? What’s going on here? Illustrate your answers by graphing bond prices versus time to maturity.

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A coupon or coupon payment is the annual interest rate paid on a bond, expressed as a percentage of the face value and paid from issue date until maturity. Coupons are usually referred to in terms of the coupon rate (the sum of coupons paid in a...
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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance

ISBN: 978-1260153590

12th edition

Authors: Stephen M. Ross, Randolph W Westerfield, Robert R. Dockson, Bradford D Jordan

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