Assume that you pay $948.58 for a long-term bond that carries a coupon of 8.6%.

Over the course of the next 12 months, interest rates drop sharply. As a result, you sell the bond at a price of $1,010.87

a. Find the current yield that existed on this bond at the beginning of the year. What was it by the end of the one-year holding period?

b. Determine the holding period return on this investment.

a. The current yield that existed on this bond at the beginning of the year is_%