You just purchased a $1,000 par value, 10-year, 9.3 percent annual coupon bond that pays interest on a semiannual basis. The bond sells for $974. What is the bond’s nominal yield to maturity (enter answer as a percentage)?
We can use this equation and put the values,
Po = $974
C= 9.30%*1000
m=2
n=10
F=$1000
and can get the value of YTM.
Second method is we can use Excel's RATE function as used below:
The YTM given by excel is semi-annual yield.
Hence annual YTM is 2*4.86% = 9.72%
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