a) An investor has a cash of Tshs10,000,000 at disposal. He wants to invest in a bond with Tshs1,000 nominal value and whose dirty price is equal to 107.457%. What is the number of bonds he will buy? b) An investor wants to buy a bullet bond of the automotive sector. He has two choices: either invest in a US corporate bond denominated in euros or in a French corporate bond with same maturity and coupon. Are the two bonds comparable?
Part a:
The dirty price is 107.457% and the nominal value is Tshs1000. So the price of each bond shall be Tshs1000x107.457%= Tshs1074.57.
So the number of bonds the investor can buy with cash of Tshs10,000,000=10,000,000/1074.57= 9306 number of bonds.
Part b:
US corporate bond denominated in euros is a type of Eurobond and the French corporate bond is a type of traditional bond but both the bonds are in the same currency and have the same maturity and coupon. So the two bonds are comparable.
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