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A company faces a stream of obligations over the next 4 years as shown below, where the numbers denote thousands of dollars. Year 1 2

A company faces a stream of obligations over the next 4 years as shown below, where the numbers denote thousands of dollars.

Year 1 2    3 4
CF ('000) 200 0 500 300  


The spot rate curve is given below:

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Spot Rate (%) 6.68 7.27 7.81 8.31 8.75 9.16 9.52 9.85 10.15 10.42

The company decides to invest in two bonds (each with face value $1,000) described as follows:

Bond 1 is a 4-year 8% coupon bond, and

Bond 2 is a 3-year zero-coupon bond.

(a) Calculate the prices of the two bonds and the obligation. (Keep 2 decimal places, e.g xx.12)

Bond 1:  _____________ Bond 2: ______________ Obligation: __________

(b) Calculate the quasi-modified durations for the two bonds and the obligation. (Keep 2 decimal places, e.g xx.12)

Bond 1:  ____________ Bond 2: ______________ Obligation: _____________

(c) Find a portfolio P1x1 + P2x2, where x1 and x2 denote the number of units of bonds 1 and 2, that has the same present value as the obligation stream and is immunized against a parallel shift in the spot rate curve. (Keep 2 decimal places, e.g xx.12)

x1: _____________ x2: __________________  

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