QUESTION 3
A 30-year US Government bond (Treasury bond) with Face Value of $1000 was issued at a coupon of 3%. The bond has been trading in the secondary market and five years are left till maturity.
a. Compute the price of the bond if the current yield-to-maturity (YTM) of the bond is 2.5%.
b. Compute the price of the bond if the current yield-to-maturity (YTM) of the bond is 3.5%.
c. What would be the price of the bond if the current yield-to-maturity (YTM) of the bond is 3.0%?
d. Compute the price of the bond in the above three cases if only one year was left till maturity.
e. Draw the graph of the Bond Yields v. Price of the bond based on the above information. What do you observe about relation between Bond Yields and Price of the bond?
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