David Bowie bonds pay their coupons from royalties generated by sales of David Bowie's past recordings. The bonds have 12 years remaining to maturity, pay annual coupons (yesterday) of $85, and have a face value of $1000. The current price of the bonds is $783.20 to yield 12%. What is the capital gain percentage increase for the coming year if the yield to maturity remains constant? Show your work
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Value of Bond next year
Value of Bond =
Where r is the discounting rate of a compounding period i.e. 12%
And n is the no of Compounding periods 11 years
Coupon 85
=
= 792.18
Capital Gain = 792.18 - 783.20 / 783.20
= 1.15%
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