You want to live on coupon income, and so plan to invest $ 145,000 in bonds that have fixed coupon rates. Strategy #1 (invest in a bond ladder) You would like a high coupon rate because that means more coupon dollars. You also believe that the longer it takes for a bond to mature, the more chances there are that it might not pay what it promises. The chart below shows your options. Notice that higher rates are available only on longer-maturing bonds. You decide to invest in a bond ladder. You invest $ 36,000 in Bond A and another 31,000 in Bond B, and so forth (as shown below) through Bond E. For this strategy, please ignore Bond T. 5.4 Coupon Rate % 5.3 5.2 5.0 4.7 4.3 4 2 Bond B 31.000 Bond A 36,000 3 Bondo $1,000 20 Bond T 5 Bond E 22.000 Bond D 25.000 5.3 Rate % 5.2 5.0 4.7 4.3 1 Bond A 36,000 2 Bond B 31,000 3 Bond C 31,000 4 Bond D 25,000 5 Bond E 22,000 20 Bond T Assume the first year has just gone by, and you have just received the coupon payments from Bonds A, B, C, D and E. Please compute the amount of dollar coupons received at the end of year 1: Bond A Bond B Bond C Bond D Bonds (Reinvestment Risk) continued At this time, you reinvest any face value dollars that you received from Bond A into Bond F. (You choose Bond Fso that you continue to have a 5-year ladder.) 3.9 Coupon Rate % 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.2 2.8 1 2 3 20 5 Bond F Assume another year has just gone by, and you have just received the coupon payments from Bonds B, C, D, E and F. Please compute the amount of dollar coupons just received: Bond B Bond C Bond D Bond E Bond F Assume another year has just gone by, and you have just received the coupon payments from Bonds B, C, D, E and F. Please compute the amount of dollar coupons just received: Bond B Bond C Bond D Bond E You observe the new current rates, as shown below. And, like before, you decide you want to continue having a ladder that lasts 5 years. So, you put any new face value dollars received into Bond G. 1.7 Coupon Rate % 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.0 0.6 1 2 3 20 5 Bond G Another year has just gone by, and you have just received the coupon payments from Bonds C, D, E, F and G. Please compute the amount of dollar coupons justreceived: Bond C Bond D Bond E Bond F Over the three years, how many coupon dollars have you received from strategy #1? Strategy #2 (invest all your dollars in the long-tem bond) Please go back to the rates at the beginning. What if you had invested all your dollars in Bond T? Please compute the number of coupon dollars you would have received for each of the first three years. Bond T Bond T Bond T Please compare the two strategies by comparing the total dollars of coupons received under each strategy