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You want to figure out how much money you will make by investing in bonds. In your portfolio, you have a premium bond from Pi Corporation that pays annual coupons at 8.7%. You also own a discount bond from Delta Inc. that pays 4.7% coupons annually.
Both bonds have twelve years to maturity and a par value of $1,000.
The market (YTM) for both bonds is 6.7%.
a) What is the current yield for Bond Pi? For Bond Delta?
(Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 12.34.)
b) If interest rates remain unchanged, what is the expected capital gains yield over the next year for Bond Pi? For Bond Delta?
(Hint: you will need to solve the price of each bond next year to find the capital gains yield. Each bond will have a maturity of 1 less year next year)
(A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
a) We can calculate the price of bond Pi now by using the following formula in excel:-
=-pv(rate,nper,pmt,fv)
Here,
PV = Price of bond Pi now
Rate = 6.7%
Nper = 12 periods
Pmt = Coupon payment = $1,000*8.7% = $87
FV = $1,000
Substituting the values in formula:
= -pv(6.7%,12,87,1000)
= $1,161.42
Computation of the current yield for bond Pi:-
Current yield = Annual coupon payment / Price of bond
= $1,000*8.7% / $1,161.42
= 7.49%
We can calculate the price of bond delta now by using the following formula in excel:-
=-pv(rate,nper,pmt,fv)
Here,
PV = Price of bond delta now
Rate = 6.7%
Nper = 12 periods
Pmt = Coupon payment = $1,000*4.7% = $47
FV = $1,000
Substituting the values in formula:
= -pv(6.7%,12,47,1000)
= $838.58
Computation of the current yield for bond delta:-
Current yield = Annual coupon payment / Price of bond
= $1,000*4.7% / $838.58
= 5.60%
b) We can calculate the price of bond Pi after 1 year by using the following formula in excel:-
=-pv(rate,nper,pmt,fv)
Here,
PV = Price of bond Pi after 1 year
Rate = 6.7%
Nper = 12-1 = 11 periods
Pmt = Coupon payment = $1,000*8.7% = $87
FV = $1,000
Substituting the values in formula:
= -pv(6.7%,11,87,1000)
= $1,152.24
We can calculate the price of bond delta after 1 year by using the following formula in excel:-
=-pv(rate,nper,pmt,fv)
Here,
PV = Price of bond delta after 1 year
Rate = 6.7%
Nper = 12-1 = 11 periods
Pmt = Coupon payment = $1,000*4.7% = $47
FV = $1,000
Substituting the values in formula:
= -pv(6.7%,11,47,1000)
= $847.76
Computation of the capital gains yield for bond Pi:-
Capital gains yield = ($1,152.24 - $1,161.42) / $1,161.42
= -$9.18 / $1,161.42
= -0.79%
Computation of the capital gains yield for bond delta:-
Capital gains yield = ($847.76 - $838.58) / $838.58
= $9.18 / $838.58
= 1.10%
