6. You have decided to purchase a $100,000, Face Value, 30-year Treasury - bond. The T-bond has a 4.875% annual coupon rate with semi-annual coupon payments. The current Yield to Maturity ( YTM) is equal to 5.25%. h. If you hold this bond for 6 months and the bond rallies to a price equal to it's face value, then what is your six-month holding period period rate of return? USE EXCEL TO SOLVE THIS

You want to form a bond portfolio that pays $100 every six months, for the next year. That is, $100 in 0.5 years and $100 in 1 year. To achieve this goal, you will purchase Bonds A and B, which have a face value of $100 and pay semi-annual coupons. The following information is available: Bond A • Coupon rate (APR): 4.3% Maturity: 1 year Bond B • Coupon rate (APR): 9.5% • Maturity: 1 year Calculate the number of units you must buy of Bond B to achieve your goal. Express your answer as a number with two decimals. E.g. If your answer is 102.544, then enter it as 102.54

Bond A is a $1,000, 6% quarterly coupon bond with 5 years to maturity.(a) If you bought Bond A today at a yield (APR) of 8%, what is your purchase price? Is this apremium or discount bond? Why?)(b) One year later, Bond A's YTM (APR) has gone down to 6% and you sell it immediately afterreceiving the coupon.(i) What is the current yield? (ii) What is the capital gains yield? (iii) What is the one-year total rate of return (in APR) if the coupons are reinvested at 2%per quarter during the holding period? (iv) Can Bond A’s one-year total rate of return be determined correctly by simply adding upthe current yield and the capital gains yield? Explain your answer without calculations.(c) Consider two other bonds: Bond B and Bond C.Bond B: A $1,000, 7% quarterly coupon bond with 4 years to maturityBond C: A $1,000 zero coupon bond with 2 years to maturity(i) Without calculation, briefly explain which bond in the following pairs has higherinterest rate risk.1) Bond A vs. Bond B 2) Bond B vs.…

You purchase a 6%, 20-year annual coupon bond for its face value. You will hold this bond for two years in your portfolio (till you receive coupon payments for both years), after which you will sell it. After two years, the market rate is 7%. How much will your bond sell for? What will be your percentage return? a. $899.41 and 1.94% respectively b. $1,000 and 0% respectively c. $899.41 and -4.06% respectively d. $894.06 and 1.41% respectively

You buy a(n) 7.4% coupon, 5-year maturity bond for $976. A year later, the bond price is $1,136. Assume coupons are paid once a year and the face value is $1,000. a. What is the new yield to maturity on the bond (one year from now)? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Yield to maturity b. What is your bond's rate of return over the year? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Rate of return

A bond has a face value of $1,000. If this bond will mature in 5 years, pays interest semiannually, and has a coupon rate of 6%, what is the yield to maturity on this bond if it is currently selling for $720? (Show your work to receive full credit)

1. A bond has a $1,000 par value, 12 years to maturity, and an 8% coupon rate (annual coupon payment). You purchased the bond today for $980. a. What is its yield to maturity? b. You plan to sell the bond after three years, and the required rate of return at that time will be 10%. What is your holding period return?

Suppose you purchase a 10-year 5% (semi-annual pay) coupon bond. You plan to hold the bond for six months and then sell it. If the bond’s yield to maturity was 4% when you purchased and sold the bond, what cash flows will you pay and receive from your investment in the bond per $1000 face value?

A 8% coupon bond has a par value of $1,000 and a yield-to-maturity of 8%. You purchase the bond when it has exactly 12 years remaining until maturity. You hold the bond for 6 months, collect the coupon payment, and then sell the bond immediately. If the bond's yield-to-maturity is 4% when you sell it, what is your percentage return over this 6-month holding period? Enter your answer as a decimal and show 4 decimal places. For example, if your answer is 6.25%, enter .0625.

Consider a 10-year bond with a face value of $1,000 that has a coupon rate of 5.9%, with semiannual payments. a. What is the coupon payment for this bond? b. Draw the cash flows for the bond on a timeline. a. What is the coupon payment for this bond? The coupon payment for this bond is $ (Round to the nearest cent.)