Bond pricing & yield worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
years0123€30€30€30 + €1 000P = ?

A bond with a face value of €1 000 pays an annual coupon of 3% and matures in 3 years. The yield to maturity is 3.5%. Find the price P of the bond.

F = €1 000coupon = 3%YTM = 3.5%n = 3
P = €
2.Easy
years0123€80€80€80 + €1 000P = ?

A bond with a face value of €1 000 pays an annual coupon of 8% and matures in 3 years. The yield to maturity is 4%. Find the price P of the bond.

F = €1 000coupon = 8%YTM = 4%n = 3
P = €
3.Medium
half-years0123…12€30€30€30 + €1 000P = ?

A bond with a face value of €1 000 pays a 6% annual coupon in two half-yearly payments and matures in 6 years. The yield to maturity is 8% per year. Find the price P of the bond.

F = €1 000coupon = 6%YTM = 8%n = 6
P = €
4.Medium
years01234P€40€40€40 + €1 000

A bond with a face value of €1 000 pays an annual coupon of 4% and matures in 4 years. Its yield to maturity changes from 3% to 4%. By how much ΔP does the bond price change?

F = €1 000coupon = 4%n = 4y1 = 3%y2 = 4%
ΔP = €
5.Hard
years0123€935€50€50 + €1 000

A bond with a face value of €1 000 and an annual coupon of 5% matures in 3 years and sells for €935. Find its yield to maturity YTM in percent.

F = €1 000coupon = 5%n = 3P = €935
YTM = %
6.Hard
half-years0123…12€1 103€35€35€35 + €1 000

A bond with a face value of €1 000 pays a 7% annual coupon in two half-yearly payments and matures in 6 years. It sells for €1 103. Find its yield to maturity YTM as an annual rate (twice the half-yearly yield), in percent.

F = €1 000coupon = 7% (2×)n = 6P = €1 103
YTM = %

Answer key

  1. 1. P = 986 €
  2. 2. P = 1111 €
  3. 3. P = 906.1 €
  4. 4. ΔP = −37.17 €
  5. 5. YTM = 7.499 %
  6. 6. YTM = 4.992 %

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