The market price is $543 for a 10-year bond ($1,000 par value) that pays 8 % annual interest, but makes interest payments on a semiannual basis (4% semiannually). What is the bond’s yield to maturity?
Yield to maturity is the yield an investor earns it thye hold investment till maturity. | ||||||||
Yield to maturity | = | =rate(nper,pmt,-pv,fv) | ||||||
= | 9.01% | |||||||
Where, | ||||||||
nper | number of period | 20 | ||||||
pmt | coupon payment | 1000*4.0% | = | $ 40.00 | ||||
pv | current value | $ 543.00 | ||||||
fv | Future Value | = | $ 1,000.00 | |||||
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