
9-18 FIXED INCOME SECURITIES
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ANSWER KEY
5. The U.S. government plans to issue new 20-year $10,000 face value bonds with a
coupon rate of 8.5%. The bonds will be priced to yield 8.75%. The expected price
of the bonds when they are issued will be $9,765.82.
Use the bond features on your calculator to solve this problem.
Enter:
8.5% as the coupon rate
8.75% as the yield to maturity
20 as the number of years until maturity
Press the price key and you should get 97.6582 as the price. Remember that this
is the percentage price.
To get the dollar price, divide 97.6582 by 100 and then multiply this figure by the
face value of $10,000 for a $9,765.82 dollar price.
6. On April 5, 1971, a $10,000 face value Treasury bond was available to investors for
$9,250. The bond had a coupon rate of 4.25%, and its maturity date was January 23,
1998. The yield to maturity of the bond for investors was 4.75%.
Use the bond features on your calculator to solve this problem. Enter 4.25% as the
coupon rate. Enter April 5, 1971 as the purchase date and January 23, 1998 as the
maturity date. You will probably need to convert the dollar price of the security into
a percentage price. To do so, divide the dollar price of $9,520 by the face value of
$10,000 and multiply the quotient by 100. Enter 95.20 as the percentage price and
press the yield to maturity key. You should get 4.7471 or 4.75% as the yield to
maturity.
7. A new issue of 3-year, $1,000 face value Treasury notes is available to investors.
The 3-year notes have a coupon rate of 6.75% and are priced to yield 6.75%. The
price investors will pay for the notes is $1,000.00.
Enter the appropriate dates for three years maturity; enter 6.75% for both the
coupon rate and the yield to maturity. When you press the price key, you will get
100.00 as the percentage price which means that the security will sell at face value.
Hint: This problem can be solved without a calculator. Just remember that when
the discount rate is equal to the coupon rate, the bond will sell at par (face value).