A 7-year bond has an 8 percent coupon rate with the interest paid in

semi annual payments. The yield to maturity of the bond is 12.9

percent and a face value of $1,000. What is the price of the bond?

Interest rate risk is associated with the bonds price variability given a change in the interest rates.

Suppose you have BOND A, which is a 30 year zero coupon bond, and BOND B, which is a 5 year 10% coupon bond. If interest rates (YTM) change from 8% to 7%, the bonds will increase in value. Suppose BOND A's price changes from $99.38 to 115.55 and the 5 year 10% coupon bond price changes from $1079.85 to $1123.01. Which bond has the greatest percentage increase in value?

Record the percentage increase in value of the bond with the highest percentage change below. Write the increase as a decimal, so a 5% increase would be written as 0.0500