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Please help with the following questions. 1) You are analyzing a 4.6% coupon bon

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Please help with the following questions. 1) You are analyzing a 4.6% coupon bond that pays interest annually. It has a par value of $1,000 and is now selling for $1,065. It matures in eight years. Face value $1,000. Calculate: a) Current Yield b) Yield to maturity 2) Find the duration of a 5% coupon bond making annual payments with three years to maturity and a yield to maturity of 4.55%. Face Value $1,000. 3) You are analyzing a 5% coupon bond making annual payments and with three years until maturity. The yield to maturity if 4.55%, what is the modified duration? Face Value $1,000. 4) What is the duration of a zero coupon bond that matures in 15 years and is currently selling for $32. 5) You are considering investing in a no load mutual fund that has had excellent performance. At yesterday's closing price the total assets of this mutual fund were $920 Million and it liabilities were $8 Million. The fund has 17.9 Million shares outstanding. What is its NAV as of yesterday's close.

Explanation / Answer

Requirement 1(a):

Current Yield = Interest / Market Price

= 1000*4.6% / 1065

= 46 / 1065

= 4.3192%

= 4.32%

Requirement 1(b):

Market Price = Present Value of cash flows = PV of Interest + PV of maturity value

Market Price = [Interest * PVAF(YTM, 8)] + [Maturity Value * PVIF(YTM, 8)]

$1065 = [$46 * PVAF(YTM, 8)] + [$1000 * PVIF(YTM, 8)]

If YTM = 4%, Market Price = $1040.396469

If YTM = 3%, Market Price = $1112.315

For 1% decrease in YTM, Market Price increases by $71.918531 (1112.315-1040.396469)

For how much decrease in YTM, Market Price increases by $24.603531 (1065-1040.396469)?

Answer is 0.3421(24.603531/71.918531)

YTM = 4 - 0.3421 = 3.6579% = 3.66%

Requirement 2:

Duration of bond = 2895.685 / 1012.358685 = 2.86 years

Requirement 3:

Modified Duration = Duration / (1+YTM/n)

= 2.86 / (1+0.0455)

= 2.86 / 1.0455

= 2.73%

Requirement 4:

Duration of Zero Coupon Bond = Life of the Zero Coupon Bond = 15 years

Requirement 5:

NAV = Net Assets / Outstanding Shares

= (Assets - Liabilties) / Outstanding shares

= ($920 million - $$8 million) / 17.9 million

= $912 million / 17.9 million

= $50.9497

= $50.95

Calculation of Duration of bond: Year (x) Cash flow PVF (4.55%) PV of CF (W) Wx 1 50 0.956480153 47.82400765 47.82401 2 50 0.914854283 45.74271416 91.48543 3 1050 0.875039965 918.791963 2756.376 1012.358685 2895.685