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Problem 7-7 Interest rate sensitivity An investor purchased the following 5 bond

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Question

Problem 7-7

Interest rate sensitivity

An investor purchased the following 5 bonds. Each bond had a par value of $1,000 and an 10% yield to maturity on the purchase day. Immediately after the investor purchased them, interest rates fell and each then had a new YTM of 7%. What is the percentage change in price for each bond after the decline in interest rates? Fill in the following table. Round your answers to the nearest cent or to two decimal places.

                                                        Price @ 10%                        Price @                      Percentage Change

10-year, 10% annual coupon              $                                           $                                             %

10-year zero

5-year zero

30-year zero

100 perpetuity

Explanation / Answer

Bond Price Calculation At 10% YTM 10% 10 Year Bond Zero Coupon 10 Year Bond Zero Coupon 5 Year Bond Zero Coupon 30 Year Bond $100 Perpetuity Period PV Factor @10% Interest+Maturity PV Of Cash Flows Interest+Maturity PV Of Cash Flows Interest+Maturity PV Of Cash Flows Interest+Maturity PV Of Cash Flows Year 1               0.909                100           90.91                 -                     -                      -               -                   -                -   =100/10% Year 2               0.826                100           82.64                 -                     -                      -               -                   -                -   Year 3               0.751                100           75.13                 -                     -                      -               -                   -                -   Year 4               0.683                100           68.30                 -                     -                      -               -                   -                -   Year 5               0.621                100           62.09                 -                     -               1,000    620.92                 -                -   Year 6               0.564                100           56.45                 -                     -                   -                -   Year 7               0.513                100           51.32                 -                     -                   -                -   Year 8               0.467                100           46.65                 -                     -                   -                -   Year 9               0.424                100           42.41                 -                     -                   -                -   Year 10               0.386            1,100         424.10          1,000          385.54                 -                -   Year 11               0.350                 -                -   Year 12               0.319                 -                -   Year 13               0.290                 -                -   Year 14               0.263                 -                -   Year 15               0.239                 -                -   Year 16               0.218                 -                -   Year 17               0.198                 -                -   Year 18               0.180                 -                -   Year 19               0.164                 -                -   Year 20               0.149                 -                -   Year 21               0.135                 -                -   Year 22               0.123                 -                -   Year 23               0.112                 -                -   Year 24               0.102                 -                -   Year 25               0.092                 -                -   Year 26               0.084                 -                -   Year 27               0.076                 -                -   Year 28               0.069                 -                -   Year 29               0.063                 -                -   Year 30               0.057          1,000       57.31 Total        1,000.0            385.5      620.9         57.3           1,000 Bond Price Calculation At 7% YTM 10% 10 Year Bond Zero Coupon 10 Year Bond Zero Coupon 5 Year Bond Zero Coupon 30 Year Bond $100 Perpetuity Period PV Factor @7% Interest+Maturity PV Of Cash Flows Interest+Maturity PV Of Cash Flows Interest+Maturity PV Of Cash Flows Interest+Maturity PV Of Cash Flows Year 1               0.935                100           93.46                 -                     -                      -               -                   -                -   =100/7% Year 2               0.873                100           87.34                 -                     -                      -               -                   -                -   Year 3               0.816                100           81.63                 -                     -                      -               -                   -                -   Year 4               0.763                100           76.29                 -                     -                      -               -                   -                -   Year 5               0.713                100           71.30                 -                     -               1,000    712.99                 -                -   Year 6               0.666                100           66.63                 -                     -                   -                -   Year 7               0.623                100           62.27                 -                     -                   -                -   Year 8               0.582                100           58.20                 -                     -                   -                -   Year 9               0.544                100           54.39                 -                     -                   -                -   Year 10               0.508            1,100         559.18          1,000          508.35                 -                -   Year 11               0.475                 -                -   Year 12               0.444                 -                -   Year 13               0.415                 -                -   Year 14               0.388                 -                -   Year 15               0.362                 -                -   Year 16               0.339                 -                -   Year 17               0.317                 -                -   Year 18               0.296                 -                -   Year 19               0.277                 -                -   Year 20               0.258                 -                -   Year 21               0.242                 -                -   Year 22               0.226                 -                -   Year 23               0.211                 -                -   Year 24               0.197                 -                -   Year 25               0.184                 -                -   Year 26               0.172                 -                -   Year 27               0.161                 -                -   Year 28               0.150                 -                -   Year 29               0.141                 -                -   Year 30               0.131          1,000    131.37 Total        1,210.7            508.3      713.0       131.4           1,429 Bonds Price @10% Price @7% % Change 10Yr 10% Bond         1,000.00      1,210.71 21.1% 10Yr 0 coupon bond             385.54          508.35 31.9% 5Yr 0 Coupon Bond             620.92          712.99 14.8% 30Yr 0 Coupon Bond               57.31          131.37 129.2% $100 perpetuity         1,000.00      1,428.57 42.9%