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زينب مصبحAssignment of Bond Valuation
زينب مصبحAssignment of Bond Valuation
Value of bond
1000/(1+0.12)^10 +)) n^)1+0.12(*0.12(/) 10-1^) 1+0.12(((* 0.1*1000 =
321.97 + 565.022 =
886.992 =
= 887
2. Ranger Inc. would like to issue new 20-year bonds. Initially, the plan was to make the bonds
non-callable. If the bonds were made callable after 5 years at a 5% call premium, how would
this affect their required rate of return?
a. There is no reason to expect a change in the required rate of return.
b. The required rate of return would decline because the bond would then be less risky to a
bondholder.
c. The required rate of return would increase because the bond would then be more risky to
a bondholder.
d. It is impossible to say without more information.
e. Because of the call premium, the required rate of return would decline.
3. Which of the following bonds would have the greatest percentage increase in value if all
interest rates fall by 1%?
لو مفيش كوبون انترست فعليا هو اصال مش هيتأثر بأي انخفاض
a. 20-year, 10% coupon bond. لهيك بضل علينا اخر خيارين
b. 20-year, 5% coupon bond. فلو زادت السنين هتزيد فائدتي الي بربحها
لهيك هتكون هي الجواب الصحيح! بتحقيق اعلى نسبة قيمة للسند
c. 1-year, 10% coupon bond.
d. 20-year, zero coupon bond.
e. 10-year, zero coupon bond.
5. Assume that a 10-year Treasury bond has a 12% annual coupon, while a 15-year T-bond has
an 8% annual coupon. Assume also that the yield curve is flat, and all Treasury securities
have a 10% yield to maturity. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
a. If interest rates decline, the prices of both bonds will increase, but the 10-year bond
would have a larger percentage increase in price. سنة هو الي بكون اعلى15 النص االول صح بس البوند صاحب
b. The 10-year bond would sell at a discount, while the 15-year bond would sell at a
premium.10y =12% > 10% YTM so it is premium 15y = 8% < 10% YTM it is discount
c. The 10-year bond would sell at a premium, while the 15-year bond would sell at par.
d. If the yield to maturity on both bonds remains at 10% over the next year, the price of the
10-year bond would increase, but the price of the 15-year bond would fall.
e. If interest rates decline, the prices of both bonds will increase, but the 15-year bond
would have a larger percentage increase in price.
a. If their maturities and other characteristics were the same, a 5% coupon bond would have
more interest rate price risk than a 10% coupon bond.
b. A 10-year coupon bond would have more reinvestment rate risk than a 5-year coupon
bond, but all 10-year coupon bonds have the same amount of reinvestment rate risk.
c. A 10-year coupon bond would have more interest rate price risk than a 5-year coupon
bond, but all 10-year coupon bonds have the same amount of interest rate price risk.
d. If their maturities and other characteristics were the same, a 5% coupon bond would have
less interest rate price risk than a 10% coupon bond.
e. A zero coupon bond of any maturity will have more interest rate price risk than any
coupon bond, even a perpetuity.
7. Kessen Inc.'s bonds mature in 7 years, have a par value of $1,000, and make an annual
coupon payment of $70. The market interest rate for the bonds is 8.5%. What is the bond's
price?
a. $923.22
b. $946.30 = 70*(((1+0.085 )^7-1 )/(0.085*(1+0.085)^7 ))+ 1000/(1+0.085 )^7
c. $969.96 = 932.22
d. $994.21
e. $1,019.06
8. Rogoff Co.'s 15-year bonds have an annual coupon rate of 9.5%. Each bond has face value of
$1,000 and makes semiannual interest payments. If you require an 11.0% nominal yield to
maturity on this investment, what is the maximum price you should be willing to pay for the
bond?
n = 15*2 = 30 rd = 11%/2 = 5.5% r = 9.5%/2 = 4.75% INT = 0.0475*1000 = 47.5
a. $891.00
cop.
PV = 47.5*(((1+0.055 )^30-1 )/(0.055*(1+0.055)^30 ))+ 1000/(1+0.055 )^30
b. $913.27 = 890.996
= 891
c. $936.10
d. $959.51
e. $983.49
9. Haswell Enterprises' bonds have a 10-year maturity, a 6.25% semiannual coupon, and a par
value of $1,000. The going interest rate (rd) is 4.75%, based on semiannual compounding.
What is the bond's price?
a. 1,063.09 n = 10*2= 20 r = 6.25%/2 = 3.125%
cop. rd = 4.75%/2 = 2.375% INT=0.03125*1000 =31.25
b. 1,090.35 PV = 31.25*(((1+0.02375 )^20-1 )/(0.02375*(1+0.02375)^20 ))+ 1000/(1+0.02375 )^20
c. 1,118.31 = 1,118.311185
= 1,118.312
d. 1,146.27
e. 1,174.93