NOW ANSWER THE FOLLOWING NEW QUESTIONS:
Nominal market rate, r: 8%
Value of bond if it’s not called: $1,000.00
Value of bond if it’s called: $1,027.02 The bond would not be called unless r<coupon.
We can use the two valuation formulas to find values under different r’s, in a 2-output data table, and then use an IF
statement to determine which value is appropriate:
Not called Called considering
Rate, r $1,000.00 $1,027.02 call likehood:
Yield to call: 9.96%
of a bond, but the procedures for finding the yield are similar. Begin by setting up the input data as shown below:
f. Now assume the date is 10/25/2014. Assume further that a 12%, 10-year bond was issued on 7/1/2014, pays
The YTC is lower than the YTM because if the bond is called, the buyer will lose the difference between the call price and
the current price in just 4 years, and that loss will offset much of the interest imcome. Note too that the bond is likely to be
called and replaced, hence that the YTC will probably be earned.
e. How would the price of the bond be affected by changing the going market interest rate? (Hint: Conduct a
sensitivity analysis of price to changes in the going market interest rate for the bond. Assume that the bond will
be called if and only if the going rate of interest falls below the coupon rate. That is an oversimplification, but
assume it anyway for purposes of this problem.)