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Finance Apr 24, 2021

Mr. Bean buys two bonds. One bond is bought to yield 4% effective annually and is a three-year Zero-coupon bond that can be redeemed for 1000. The second bond is a 1000 par value 6% semiannual coupon bond that matures in 6 years. If, both bonds have the same price, calculate the effective yield on the coupon bond.

Expert Solution

We can calculate the price of one bond by using the following formula in excel:-

=-pv(rate,nper,pmt,fv)

Here,

PV = Price of one bond

Rate = 4%

Nper = 3 periods

Pmt = 0

FV = 1000

Substituting the values in formula:

= -pv(4%,3,0,1000)

= 889

 

We can calculate the rate on second bond by using the following formula in excel:-

=rate(nper,pmt,-pv,fv)

Here,

Rate = Rate on second bond (semiannual)

Nper = 6*2 = 12 periods (semiannual)

Pmt = Coupon payment = 1000*6%/2 = 30

PV = 889

FV = 1000

Substituting the values in formula:

= rate(12,30,-889,1000)

= 4.20%

Effective yield = (1+Semi annual yield)^n-1

= (1+4.20%)^2-1

= 1.0857 - 1

= 8.57%

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