Bond Value as Maturity Approaches An investor has two bonds in his portfolio. Ea
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Bond Value as Maturity Approaches
An investor has two bonds in his portfolio. Each bond matures in 4 years, has a face value of $1,000, and has a yield to maturity equal to 8.8%. One bond, Bond C, pays an annual coupon of 12%; the other bond, Bond Z, is a zero coupon bond. Assuming that the yield to maturity of each bond remains at 8.8% over the next 4 years, what will be the price of each of the bonds at the following time periods? Assume time 0 is today. Fill in the following table. Round your answers to the nearest cent.
t Price of Bond C Price of Bond Z 0 $ $ 1 2 3 4Explanation / Answer
Price of a Bond on a date is the Present value of all Future Cash Inflows from the bond discounted at YTM( yield to maturity)
In case of Bond C (Coupon Bearing Bond), Future Inflows consist of Interest as well as redemption amount.
For Bond Z, Future Inflows is only Redemption amount.
Year Price of Bond C ($) Price of Bond Z ($) 0 1104.13 713.65 1 1081.29 776.45 2 1056.45 844.78 3 1029.41 919.12