You have been asked to look into the Silicon Valley Bank fiasco as part of your new internship. Your supervisor sort of understands the news reports but doesn't feel the price changes in their bond portfolios were enough to put them in that great of financial distress. Assuming they bought $100 million of the 10 year and $100 million of the 20 year bonds on 5/3/21, how much would the bond losses have been if they were forced to sell them on 5/3/23? Use the rates provided atUS Treasury Yield Curve and assume the rate on the date of purchase is the coupon payment used to make semiannual payments on these bonds. (Assume there was no liquidity issues in the sales process.)

Use this U.S. Treasury Yield Curve website for the rates to solve the problem: https://www.ustreasuryyieldcurve.com/

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To calculate the bond losses for Silicon Valley Bank we need to determine the price change of the bonds from the purchase date 5321 to the sale date 5... View the full answer