Treasury Securities: Nevada Company has bought T-bills with face amount $5.45 million, with a discount of 4.73%, and time to maturity 73 days. Find its bond equivalent yield, and its yield as a zero coupon bond.
Answers - 4.84%, 4.94% ♥
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Face value= $5.45 million
Discount rate= 4.73%
Time= 73 days
Discounted price= Face value - Discount
= $5,450,000 - ($5,450,000*0.0473*(73/360))
= $5,450,000 - $52,273.07
= $5,397,726.93 $5,397,727.
Bond equivalent yield= (365*0.0473)/(360- 73*0.0473)
= 17.2645/ 13.5751
= 0.0484*100
= 4.84%.
Yield as a zero coupon bond:
Face value= Present value (1 + yield)*time
$5,450,000= $5,397,727(1 + r)*73/365
$5,450,000/ $5,397,727= (1 + r)*(73/365)
1.0097= (1 + r)* (73/365)
(1 +r)= 1.0494
r= 1.0494 - 1
= 0.0494*100
= 4.94%.
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