代做4QQMN906 Fundations of Finance — Tutorial 3代做回归
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October 24, 2025
Question 1
A bond with a face value of $1,000 has 8 years until maturity, has a coupon rate of 8%, and sells for $1,100.
a. What is the yield to maturity if interest is paid once a year?
b. What is the yield to maturity if interest is paid semiannually?
Question 2
One bond has a coupon rate of 8%, another a coupon rate of 12%. Both bonds pay interest annually, have 10-year maturities, and sell at a yield to maturity of 10%.
a. If their yields to maturity next year are still 10%, what is the rate of return on each bond?
b. Does the higher-coupon bond give a higher rate of return over this period?
Question 3
A 30-year maturity bond with face value of $1,000 makes annual coupon payments and has a coupon rate of 8%.
a. What is the bond’s yield to maturity if the bond is selling for $900?
b. What is the bond’s yield to maturity if the bond is selling for $1,000?
c. What is the bond’s yield to maturity if the bond is selling for $1,100?
Question 4The following table shows some data for three bonds. In each case, the bond has a coupon of zero. The face value of each bond is $1,000.
|
Bond |
Price |
Maturity (Years) |
Yield to Maturity |
|
A |
$300 |
30 |
— |
|
B |
$300 |
|
8% |
|
C |
|
10 |
10% |
a. What is the yield to maturity of bond A?
b. What is the maturity of B?
c. What is the price of C?
Question 5
Perpetual Life Corporation has issued consol bonds with coupon payments of $60. (Consols pay interest forever and never mature. They are perpetuities.)
a. If the required rate of return on these bonds at the time they were issued was 6%, at what price were they sold to the public?
b. If the required return today is 10%, at what price do the consols sell?
Question 6
A 2-year maturity bond with face value of $1,000 makes annual coupon payments of $80 and is selling at face value. What will be the rate of return on the bond if its yield to maturity at the end of the year is:
a. 6% b. 8% c. 10%
Question 7
Suppose that you buy a 1-year maturity bond with a coupon of 7% paid annually. If you buy the bond at its face value, what real rate of return will you earn if the inflation rate is 4%? 6%? 8%?
Question 8Suppose that investors expect interest rates to fall sharply. Would you expect short- term bonds to offer higher or lower yields than long-term bonds?
Question 9
The following table shows the prices of a sample of Treasury bonds, all of which have coupon rates of zero. Each bond makes a single payment at maturity.
|
Years to Maturity |
Price (% of face value) |
|
1 |
96.852% |
|
2 |
93.351% |
|
3 |
89.544% |
|
4 |
85.480% |
a. What is the 1-year interest rate?
b. What is the 2-year interest rate?
c. What is the 3-year interest rate?
d. What is the 4-year interest rate?
e. Is the yield curve upward-sloping, downward-sloping, or flat?
f. Is this the usual shape of the yield curve?
