A municipality required immediate funding so they issued a $500 000 bond paying a 4 percent semiannual

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A municipality required immediate funding so they issued a $500 000 bond paying a 4 percent semiannual coupon. When the yield was 3.5 percent compounded semi-annually, the bond had seven years left to maturity and an investor purchased it. However, three years later, the investor required money and sold the bond. If the yield at the time of the sale was 5 percent compounded semi-annually, how much did the investor gain or lose on this investment?

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Maturity is the date on which the life of a transaction or financial instrument ends, after which it must either be renewed, or it will cease to exist. The term is commonly used for deposits, foreign exchange spot, and forward transactions, interest...
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Personal Finance

ISBN: 978-0134724713

4th Canadian edition

Authors: Jeff Madura, Hardeep Singh Gill

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