2] Web Exercise, page 492[use www.finra.org and not www.investinginbonds.com]; click on Investors, Market Data; under "FINRA Trace Bond Market Activity" click on "more"; scroll down to the "Table of Most Active High Yield Bonds"; make your selection

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WEB EXERCISE To maximize your understanding of duration, it is helpful to calculate on an act bond issue. PRICES" and click on "Corporate Markt Put your cursor on BOND MARKET & 2. Click on "Most Active Bonds During the Last Trading Day. percent, a m 3, until you bond with a coupon rate 5 70, and rate of less than six years in a high price of at least i. of at least 5 percent. calculate the duration You are going to use the techniques in Table 18 computation. Tatlr the bond. You will need a calculator for ease of a. 2 the chapter: have selected does not end Set up column (1). Even if the bond you exactly a given number of years, round to the nearest year. set up column (2). Use the coupon rate on the screen and multiply it To get the discount rate in column (3), round the yield value on the serem to the nearest whole nu d Compute the present value of the cash flows for each year, and sum them in column (4) as is show e To get the values in column (5), divide each value in column G) by the of column (i). Multiply the year number in column by the values in column (5) to get the values in column (6). When you total the values, you have completed the process of computing duration. 5. How does the duration of the bond compare to the bond's rounded value for maturity? What percentage of maturity does it represent? 6. If interest rates go down by 2 percent, how much will this bond increase Use Formula 18-2 and remember price answer to change the sign to positive in your Note Prom time to time, companies redesign their web sites, and occasionally a topic have been deleled, updated, or moved to a different location. we leted may have