Chapter 10 – Bond Prices and Yields
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BOND PRICES AND YIELDS
1.
a. Catastrophe bond: Typically issued by an insurance company. They are similar to an
insurance policy in that the investor receives coupons and par value, but takes a loss in part or all of the
b. Eurobond: They are bonds issued in the currency of one country but sold in other national
c. Zero-coupon bond: Zero-coupon bonds are bonds that pay no coupons but do pay a par
d. Samurai bond:Yen-denominated bonds sold in Japan by non-Japanese issuers are called
e. Junk bond: Those rated BBB or above (S&P, Fitch) or Baa and above (Moody’s) are
f. Convertible bond: Convertible bonds may be exchanged, at the bondholder’s discretion,
g. Serial bond: A serial bond is an issue in which the firm sells bonds with staggered
h. Equipment obligation bond: A bond that is issued with specific equipment pledged as
i. Original issue discount bonds: Original issue discount bonds are less common than
j. Indexed bond: Indexed bonds make payments that are tied to a general price index or the
2. Callable bonds give the issuer the option to extend or retire the bond at the call date, while the
3.
a. YTM will drop since the company has more money to pay the interest on its bonds.
b. YTM will increase since the company has more debt and the risk to the existing
c. YTM will decrease since the firm has either fewer current liabilities or an increase in
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Accrued Interest =
Annual Coupon Payment
2
Day s since Last Coupon Payment
Days Separating Coupon Payment
= $30 (30/182) = $4.945
At a price of 117, the invoice price is:$1,170 + $4.945 = $1,174.95
5. Using a financial calculator, PV = –746.22, FV = 1,000, n=5, PMT = 0.
The YTM is 6.0295%.
Using a financial calculator, PV = –730.00, FV = 1,000,n=5, PMT = 0.
The YTM is 6.4965%.
6. A bond’s coupon interest payments and principal repayment are not affected by changes in
market rates. Consequently, if market rates increase, bond investors in the secondary markets are
7. The bond callable at 105 should sell at a lower price because the call provision is more
valuable to the firm. Therefore, its yield to maturity should be higher.
8. The bond price will be lower. As time passes, the bond price, which is now above par value,
9. Current yield =
Annual Coupon
Bond Price
=
$ 1,000 4.8 %
$970
= 4.95%
10. a. The purchase of a credit default swap. The investor believes the bond may increase in credit
11. c. When credit risk increases, the swap premium increases because of higher chances of default
12. The current yield and the annual coupon rate of 6% imply that the bond price was at par a year
ago.
Using a financial calculator, FV = 1,000, n=7, PMT = 60, and i=7 gives us a selling price
－ $1,0 00 + $946.11 + $ 60
13. Zero coupon bonds provide no coupons to be reinvested. Therefore, the final value of the investor’s
14.
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a. Effective annual rate on a three-month T-bill:
(
$100,000
$97,645
)
4
– 1 = (1.02412)4 –1 = 0.1000 = 10%
b. Effective annual interest rate on coupon bond paying 5% semiannually:
15. The effective annual yield on the semiannual coupon bonds is (1.04)2 = 8.16%. If the annual
16.
a. The bond pays $50 every six months.
b. Rate of Return =
$ 50 + ($1,044.52－ $ 1,052.42 )
$ 1,052.42
=
$ 5 0 －$7.90
$ 1,052.42
17.
a. Use the following inputs: n = 40, FV = 1,000, PV = –950, PMT = 40. We will find that
b. Since the bond is selling at par, the yield to maturity on a semi-annual basis is the same
c. Keeping other inputs unchanged but setting PV = –1,050, we find a bond equivalent yield
18. Since the bond payments are now made annually instead of semi-annually, the bond
equivalent yield to maturity is the same as the effective annual yield to maturity. The inputs
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The yields computed in this case are lower than the yields calculated with semi-annual coupon
payments. All else equal, bonds with annual payments are less attractive to investors because more
time elapses before payments are received. If the bond price is the same with annual payments, then
the bond’s yield to maturity is lower.
19.
Nominal Return =
Interest + Price Appr eciation
Initial Price
1+ Nominal Return
1 + In flationRate
The second year
Nominal Return =
$ 42.02 +$ 30 . 6 0
$ 1,020.00
= 0.071196 = 7.12%
1.0 3
$ 42.44 + $ 10 .51
$ 1,050.60
1+ 0 .0 50400
1+ 0 .071196
1.071196
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21. Using a financial calculator, input PV = –800, FV = 1,000, n=10, PMT =80.
22. The reported bond price is: 100 2/32 percent of par = $1,000.6250
23. If the yield to maturity is greater than current yield, then the bond offers the prospect of price
24. The coupon rate is below 9%. If coupon divided by price equals 9% and price is less than par, then
25. The solution is obtained using Excel:
26. The solution is obtained using Excel:
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27. Using financial calculator, n = 10; PV = –900; FV = 1,000; PMT = 140
The stated yield to maturity equals 16.075%
Based on expected coupon payments of $70 annually, the expected yield to maturity is: 8.5258%.
28. The bond is selling at par value. Its yield to maturity equals the coupon rate, 10%. If the first-year
coupon is reinvested at an interest rate of r percent, then total proceeds at the end of the second
year will be: [100 (1 + r) + 1100]. Therefore, realized compound yield to maturity will be a
function of r as given in the following table:
rTotal proceeds Realized YTM =
√
Proceeds/1,000
= 1
8% $1,208
√
1,208/1,000
– 1 = 0.0991 = 9.91%
10% $1,210
√
1,210/1,000
– 1 = 0.1000 = 10.00%
12% $1,212
√
1,210/1,000
– 1 = 0.1009 = 10.09%
1. April 15 is midway through the semi-annual coupon period. Therefore, the invoice price will be
higher than the stated ask price by an amount equal to one-half of the semiannual coupon. The ask
price is 101.125 percent of par, so the invoice price is:
$1,011.25 + (1/2 $50) = $1,036.25
1. Factors that might make the ABC debt more attractive to investors, therefore justifying a lower
coupon rate and yield to maturity, are:
The ABC debt is a larger issue and therefore may sell with greater liquidity.
An option to extend the term from 10 years to 20 years is favorable if interest rates ten years
a. The floating-rate note pays a coupon that adjusts to market levels. Therefore, it will not
b. Floating rate notes may not sell at par for any of these reasons:
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c. The risk of call is low. Because the bond will almost surely not sell for much above par
d. The fixed-rate note currently sells at only 93% of the call price, so that yield to maturity
e. The 9% coupon notes currently have a remaining maturity of fifteen years and sell at a
f. Because the floating rate note pays a variable stream of interest payments to maturity, its
yield-to-maturity is not a well-defined concept. The cash flows one might want to use to
a. The bond sells for $1,124.7237 based on the 3.5% yield tomaturity:
[n = 60; i = 3.5; FV = 1,000; PMT = 40]
b. If the call price were $1,050, we would set FV = 1,050 and redo part (a) to find that yield to
call is 2.9763% semi-annually,5.9525% annually.With a lower call price, the yield to call is
lower.
c. Yield to call is 3.0312% semiannually, 6.0625% annually:
2. The price schedule is as follows:
3. The bond is issued at a price of $800. Therefore, its yield to maturity is 6.8245%.[n = 10;PV=
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a. The yield to maturity of the par bond equals its coupon rate, 8.75%. All else equal, the
b. If an investor expects rates to fall substantially, the 4% bond offers a greater expected
return.
c. Implicit call protection is offered in the sense that any likely fall in yields would not be
nearly enough to make the firm consider calling the bond. In this sense, the call feature is
almost irrelevant.
5. True. Under the expectations hypothesis, there are no risk premia built into bond prices. The
6. If the yield curve is upward sloping, we cannot conclude that investors expect short-term interest
7.
8. Uncertain. Lower inflation usually leads to lower nominal interest rates. Nevertheless, if the
liquidity premium is sufficiently great, long-term yields can exceed short-term yields despite
expectations of falling short rates.
9.
a. We summarizethe forward rates and current prices in the following table:
Maturity
(years) YTM Forward rate Price (for part c)
1 10.0% $909.09
2 11.0% 12.01% $811.62
3 12.0% 14.03% $711.78
Year 1
b. We obtain next year’s prices and yields by discounting each zero’s face value at the
forward rates derived in part (a):
Maturity
(years) Price YTM
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c. Next year, the two-year zero will be a one-year zero, and it will therefore sell at:
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c. After-tax HPR =
$ 50+($ 793.29 － $ 705.4 6) －$ 46.99
$ 70 5.46
d. Value of the bond after two years equals $798.82 [using n = 18; i = 7]
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Answer:
a. (3) The yield on the callable bond must compensate the investor for the risk of call.
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b. (3)
c. (2)
d. (3
CFA 2
Answer:
a. The maturity of each bond is 10 years, and we assume that coupons are paid semiannually.
b. If rates are expected to fall, the Sentinal bond is more attractive: Since it is not subject to
c. An increase in the volatility of rates increases the value of the firm’s option to call back the
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Answer
Market conversion value = Value if converted into stock
= 20.83 $28 = $583.24
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Answer:
a. The call provision requires the firm to offer a higher coupon (or higher promised yield to
maturity) on the bond in order to compensate the investor for the firm’s option to call
b. The call option reduces the expected life of the bond. If interest rates fall substantially so
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c. The advantage of a callable bond is the higher coupon (and higher promised yield to
maturity) when the bond is issued. If the bond is never called, then an investor will earn a
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Answer:
a.
(1) Current yield = Coupon/Price = $70/$960 = 0.0729 = 7.29%
(2) YTM = 3.993% semiannually or 7.986% annual bond equivalent yield
(3) Realized compound yield is 4.166% (semiannually), or 8.332% annual bond
equivalent yield. To obtain this value, first calculate the future value of reinvested
b. Shortcomings of each measure:
(1) Current yield does not account for capital gains or losses on bonds bought at prices
(2) Yield to maturity assumes that the bond is held to maturity and that all coupon
(3) Realized compound yield (horizon yield) is affected by the forecast of reinvestment
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