A company issues a bond that makes coupon payments semiannually. The YTM on this bond (expressed as annual percentage return, APR) is currently 8%. Assign a maturity and a coupon rate for this bond, depending on your preference but under the following restrictions: Maturity cannot be 10 years and coupon rate cannot be 10%. (The use of the same input data by different students will be treated as a cheat attempt and will be penalized severely).

a. What is the coupon payment?

b. What is the price of the bond?

c. What is the current yield on the bond?

d. If YTM decreases to 7% APR in six months, what will be the price of bond six months later after you receive the first semi-annual coupon payment ?

e. If you buy the bond now and sell it six months later, what will be your holding period return?