The Coleman-Smith Corporation has an outstanding bond that matures in exactly 10 years. The bonds have an annual coupon of 5%. The current market interest rate is 8%.
Assume the bonds have a face value of 1,000. What should be the bond's price?
First we need to know that Yield to Maturity (YTM) and current market interest rate are the same thing.
So we can use the formula for bond price:
Where,
C = Periodic coupon payment,
P = Par value of bond,
r = Yield to maturity or current market interest rate
n = No. of periods till maturity
C = 5% of 1000 = $50 per year.
Substituting the values in the formula, we get:
Therefore, the bond price should be $798.70.
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