Q2. Duration and Convexity Bond A has face value at $1,000, coupon rate of 6% paid semi-annually, 5 years to maturity, and a yield to maturity of 7%. a. Using the bond pricing formula, calculate the price of the bond and duration. b. Calculate the convexity of the bond. c. Using the calculations from above, what is the "approximated bond price change" using duration and convexity, if the interest rate increases by 1%? d. What is the actual change in the bond price if the interest rate increases by 1%? e. Based on c) and d) above, discuss the roles of duration and convexity in estimating the price change. Which risk measure plays a bigger role? f. Suppose you have two bonds with the same maturity date but one bond has a 10% coupon rate while the other has a 5% coupon rate. Which of these two bonds would have a higher duration?

This first table describes prevailing market interest rates.                     Market Data             Yield 0.05                             Required:               Using the yield above and the information contained in the table below, please calculate the price and duration of the bond as well as all necessary steps.                 (Use cells A5 to B5 from the given information to complete this question.)                         Time Until Payment Payment Discounted Payment Weight  Time × Weight        1.00 $30.00              2.00 $30.00              3.00 $30.00              4.00 $1,030.00              Price:             Duration

еВook Problem Walk-Through Last year Carson Industries issued a 10-year, 13% semiannual coupon bond at its par value of $1,000. Currently, the bond can be called in 6 years at a price of $1,065 and it sells for $1,200. a. What are the bond's nominal yield to maturity and its nominal yield to call? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to two decimal places. YTM: % YTC: % Would an investor be more likely to earn the YTM or the YTC? -Select- -Select- ent yield and to Table 7.1) Round your answer to two decimal places. b. Since the YTM is above the YTC, the bond is likely to be called. Since the YTC is above the YTM, the bond is likely to be called. Since the YTM is above the YTC, the bond is not likely to be called. Since the YTC is above the YTM, the bond is not likely to be called. Since the coupon rate on the bond has declined, the bond is not likely to be called. I. If the bond is called, the capital gains yield will remain the same but the current yield will be…

Question 3. A fixed rate bond with notional 1 pays annual coupons of c at times T1, T2, . . . , Tn where Ti+1 = Ti + 1 and notional 1 at time Tn. a) Write down the bond price BFXD c (t) at time t ≤ T0 in terms of ZCBs. b) Suppose t = T0 = 0. The yield of the bond is defined as the value Y such that B FXD c (0) = Xn i=1 c (1 + Y ) i + 1 (1 + Y ) n , that is, the rate at which IRR discounting gives the bond price. By summing a geometric series, show that BFXD c (0) = 1 if and only if Y = c. c) By writing a swap as the difference between a fixed rate bond and a floating rate bond, show that BFXD c (0) = 1 if and only if c = y0[0, Tn]. Remark 1. This exercise shows that the T-year spot swap rate is the bond coupon such that a T-maturity bond has price par, that is 100% of notional.