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Bond J has a coupon rate of 4.2 percent. Bond S has a coupon rate of 14.2 percen

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Question

Bond J has a coupon rate of 4.2 percent. Bond S has a coupon rate of 14.2 percent. Both bonds have ten years to maturity, make semiannual payments, and have a YTM of 9.4 percent.

If interest rates suddenly rise by 2 percent, what is the percentage change in the price of these bonds? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answers to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).)

If interest rates suddenly fall by 2 percent instead, what is the percentage change in the price of these bonds? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).)

Bond J has a coupon rate of 4.2 percent. Bond S has a coupon rate of 14.2 percent. Both bonds have ten years to maturity, make semiannual payments, and have a YTM of 9.4 percent.

Explanation / Answer

Assume face value of bonds =$100 Bond J Period Cash Flow Discount factor @9.4% PV cash floW Time period*Cash flow PV of time adjusted cash flow 1 2.1               0.91           1.92 2.1           1.92 2 2.1               0.84           1.75 4.2           3.51 3 2.1               0.76           1.60 6.3           4.81 4 2.1               0.70           1.47 8.4           5.86 5 2.1               0.64           1.34 10.5           6.70 6 2.1               0.58           1.22 12.6           7.35 7 2.1               0.53           1.12 14.7           7.84 8 2.1               0.49           1.02 16.8           8.19 9 2.1               0.45           0.94 18.9           8.42 10 2.1               0.41           0.86 21           8.55 11 2.1               0.37           0.78 23.1           8.60 12 2.1               0.34           0.71 25.2           8.57 13 2.1               0.31           0.65 27.3           8.49 14 2.1               0.28           0.60 29.4           8.36 15 2.1               0.26           0.55 31.5           8.19 16 2.1               0.24           0.50 33.6           7.98 17 2.1               0.22           0.46 35.7           7.75 18 2.1               0.20           0.42 37.8           7.50 19 2.1               0.18           0.38 39.9           7.24 20 102.1               0.17         16.93 2042      338.62 Bond price         35.22 0      474.45 Macaulay duration = 13.472 years Modified duration = 12.31 years Bond S Period Cash Flow Discount factor @9.4% PV cash floW Time period*Cash flow PV of time adjusted cash flow 1 7.1               0.91           6.49 7.1           6.49 2 7.1               0.84           5.93 14.2         11.86 3 7.1               0.76           5.42 21.3         16.27 4 7.1               0.70           4.96 28.4         19.83 5 7.1               0.64           4.53 35.5         22.65 6 7.1               0.58           4.14 42.6         24.85 7 7.1               0.53           3.79 49.7         26.50 8 7.1               0.49           3.46 56.8         27.68 9 7.1               0.45           3.16 63.9         28.47 10 7.1               0.41           2.89 71         28.91 11 7.1               0.37           2.64 78.1         29.07 12 7.1               0.34           2.42 85.2         28.99 13 7.1               0.31           2.21 92.3         28.71 14 7.1               0.28           2.02 99.4         28.26 15 7.1               0.26           1.85 106.5         27.68 16 7.1               0.24           1.69 113.6         26.98 17 7.1               0.22           1.54 120.7         26.21 18 7.1               0.20           1.41 127.8         25.36 19 7.1               0.18           1.29 134.9         24.47 20 107.1               0.17         17.76 2142      355.20 Bond price         79.59 0      814.44 Macaulay duration = 10.233 years Modified duration = 9.35 years % Change in Price = - Modified duration *%interest change 1 when interest rate rises by 2% Modified Duration years % change in Bond price Bond J 12.31 -24.63% Bond S 9.35 -18.71% 2 when interest rate falls by 2% Modified Duration years % change in Bond price Bond J 12.31 24.63% Bond S 9.35 18.71% Assume face value of bonds =$100 Bond J Period Cash Flow Discount factor @2.1% semi annually PV cash floW Time period*Cash flow PV of time adjusted cash flow 1 2.1                                1           2.06 2.1              2.06 2 2.1                                1           2.01 4.2              4.03 3 2.1                                1           1.97 6.3              5.92 4 2.1                                1           1.93 8.4              7.73 5 2.1                                1           1.89 10.5              9.46 6 2.1                                1           1.85 12.6            11.12 7 2.1                                1           1.82 14.7            12.71 8 2.1                                1           1.78 16.8            14.23 9 2.1                                1           1.74 18.9            15.68 10 2.1                                1           1.71 21            17.06 11 2.1                                1           1.67 23.1            18.38 12 2.1                                1           1.64 25.2            19.64 13 2.1                                1           1.60 27.3            20.84 14 2.1                                1           1.57 29.4            21.98 15 2.1                                1           1.54 31.5            23.06 16 2.1                                1           1.51 33.6            24.10 17 2.1                                1           1.47 35.7            25.07 18 2.1                                1           1.44 37.8            26.00 19 2.1                                1           1.41 39.9            26.88 20 102.1                                1         67.38 2042      1,347.54 Bond price      100.00 0      1,653.48 Macaulay duration =                             17 years Modified duration =                       15.11 years Bond S Period Cash Flow Discount factor @7.1% semi annually PV cash floW Time period*Cash flow PV of time adjusted cash flow 1 7.1                                1           6.63 7.1              6.63 2 7.1                                1           6.19 14.2            12.38 3 7.1                                1           5.78 21.3            17.34 4 7.1                                1           5.40 28.4            21.59 5 7.1                                1           5.04 35.5            25.19 6 7.1                                1           4.70 42.6            28.23 7 7.1                                1           4.39 49.7            30.75 8 7.1                                1           4.10 56.8            32.81 9 7.1                                1           3.83 63.9            34.47 10 7.1                                1           3.58 71            35.76 11 7.1                                0           3.34 78.1            36.73 12 7.1                                0           3.12 85.2            37.41 13 7.1                                0           2.91 92.3            37.84 14 7.1                                0           2.72 99.4            38.05 15 7.1                                0           2.54 106.5            38.06 16 7.1                                0           2.37 113.6            37.91 17 7.1                                0           2.21 120.7            37.61 18 7.1                                0           2.07 127.8            37.18 19 7.1                                0           1.93 134.9            36.64 20 107.1                                0         27.16 2142          543.29 Bond price      100.00 0      1,125.85 Macaulay duration =                             11 years Modified duration =                       10.29 years % Change in Price = - Modified duration *%interest change 1 when interest rate rises by 2% Modified Duration years % change in Bond price Bond J                                        15.11 -30% Bond S 10.29 -21% 2 when interest rate falls by 2% Modified Duration years % change in Bond price Bond J 15.11 30% Bond S 10.29 21%