Janet Meer is a fixed income portfolio manager considering purchasing a newly issued 10-year, 7% coupon corporate bond priced at par. The document calculates the bond's modified duration as 7.35491871 and estimates what the bond price would be if yields rose to 8% (around $932) or fell to 6% (around $1074).
Janet Meer is a fixed income portfolio manager considering purchasing a newly issued 10-year, 7% coupon corporate bond priced at par. The document calculates the bond's modified duration as 7.35491871 and estimates what the bond price would be if yields rose to 8% (around $932) or fell to 6% (around $1074).
Janet Meer is a fixed income portfolio manager considering purchasing a newly issued 10-year, 7% coupon corporate bond priced at par. The document calculates the bond's modified duration as 7.35491871 and estimates what the bond price would be if yields rose to 8% (around $932) or fell to 6% (around $1074).
Janet Meer is a fixed income portfolio manager considering purchasing a newly issued 10-year, 7% coupon corporate bond priced at par. The document calculates the bond's modified duration as 7.35491871 and estimates what the bond price would be if yields rose to 8% (around $932) or fell to 6% (around $1074).
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Janet Meer is a fixed income portfolio manager.
Noting that the current shape of the yield curve i
of newly issued 7% coupon, 10-year maturity, option-free corporate bond priced at par.
a. Calculate modified duration o 7.35491871 7.106201651 Time
b. What would be the price of the bond, if YTM rises to 8%? Using modified duration o 928.94 928.94 1 Convexity adjustment 3.21 3.214989461 2 New price 932.15 932.15 3 4 Price by formula 932.05 932.05 5 6 c. What would be the price of the bond, if YTM falls to 6%? 7 Approximate 1074.28 1074.28 8 Formula 1074.39 1074.39 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 shape of the yield curve is flat, she considers the purchase d priced at par.