a. What is the bond’s price today, if today’s market interest rate for bonds of comparable maturity and default risk is 8% per year?  b. You would like to speculate and believe that tomorrow the market interest rate for comparable bonds would decrease to 5%, would you buy or sell short this bond today?  c. Suppose that exactly two years from today the price of the bond will be $900, what is the annual YTM at that time?  Please explain without using excel

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Consider a bond issued by MGM Inc. exactly two years ago. At that time the bond’s time to maturity was 30 years. The bond pays semiannual coupons with the coupon rate of 6% per year. The face value of the bond is $1000.

a. What is the bond’s price today, if today’s market interest rate for bonds of comparable maturity and default risk is 8% per year? 

b. You would like to speculate and believe that tomorrow the market interest rate for comparable bonds would decrease to 5%, would you buy or sell short this bond today? 

c. Suppose that exactly two years from today the price of the bond will be $900, what is the annual YTM at that time? 

Please explain without using excel

 

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