Grohl Co. issued 17-year bonds at a coupon rate of 9 percent. The bonds make semiannual payments. If the yield to maturity on these bonds is 10 percent, what is the current bond price? Reminder from undergraduate class: Coupon bonds pay interest (called the coupon) on the face value (amount originally borrowed and to be re-paid at maturity). The discount rate implicit in the bond's price is called the yield to maturity, or simply the yield. The bond's face value should be assumed to be $1,000 and the annual coupon is paid in two installments, unless otherwise stated. Note that bond yields and coupons are always quoted as APRs. So if the problem quotes a 10% coupon bond that matures in 5 years, the bond actually pays $50 (or 5% of $1,000 ) every 6 month (which is 10% of face value over one year), and there would be 10 coupons to be paid (2 each year for 5 years). We value all assets by calculating the present value of future cash flows generated by the asset. Coupon bonds have two types of cash flow: the coupons (interest payments) which are paid every six month, and the repayment of the face value (which is the original amount borrowed). So to value a coupon bond you use the yield to maturity to value the coupons as an annuity, and then add the present value of the payment of $1,000 (the face value, which is re-paid at maturity). $919.04 $608.00 $946.55 $929.04 $1,813.65