Bond pricing & yield worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
years012345€980€60€60€60 + €1 000

A bond with a face value of €1 000 pays an annual coupon of 6% and trades at €980. Find its current yield CY in percent.

F = €1 000coupon = 6%P = €980
CY = %
2.Easy
years012345€20€20€20 + €1 000P = ?

A bond with a face value of €1 000 pays an annual coupon of 2% and matures in 5 years. The yield to maturity is 7%. Find the price P of the bond.

F = €1 000coupon = 2%YTM = 7%n = 5
P = €
3.Medium
years0123…14€1 226C = ?C = ?C = ? + €1 000

A bond with a face value of €1 000 matures in 14 years and pays annual coupons. It sells for €1 226 when the yield to maturity is 3%. Find the coupon rate c in percent.

F = €1 000n = 14P = €1 226YTM = 3%
c = %
4.Medium
half-years0123…22€20€20€20 + €1 000P = ?

A bond with a face value of €1 000 pays a 4% annual coupon in two half-yearly payments and matures in 11 years. The yield to maturity is 5.5% per year. Find the price P of the bond.

F = €1 000coupon = 4%YTM = 5.5%n = 11
P = €
5.Hard
half-years0123…14€727€10€10€10 + €1 000

A bond with a face value of €1 000 pays a 2% annual coupon in two half-yearly payments and matures in 7 years. It sells for €727. Find its yield to maturity YTM as an annual rate (twice the half-yearly yield), in percent.

F = €1 000coupon = 2% (2×)n = 7P = €727
YTM = %
6.Hard
half-years0123456€1 028€22.50€22.50€22.50 + €1 000

A bond with a face value of €1 000 pays a 4.5% annual coupon in two half-yearly payments and matures in 3 years. It sells for €1 028. Find its yield to maturity YTM as an annual rate (twice the half-yearly yield), in percent.

F = €1 000coupon = 4.5% (2×)n = 3P = €1 028
YTM = %

Answer key

  1. 1. CY = 6.122 %
  2. 2. P = 795 €
  3. 3. c = 5.001 %
  4. 4. P = 877.4 €
  5. 5. YTM = 7 %
  6. 6. YTM = 3.509 %

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