General Electric has just issued a callable (at par) ten-year, 6% coupon bond with annual coupon payments.

Question:

General Electric has just issued a callable (at par) ten-year, 6% coupon bond with annual coupon payments. The bond can be called at par in one year or anytime thereafter on a coupon payment date. It has a price of $102.

a. What is the bond’s yield to maturity?

b. What is its yield to call?

c. What is its yield to worst?

Coupon
A coupon or coupon payment is the annual interest rate paid on a bond, expressed as a percentage of the face value and paid from issue date until maturity. Coupons are usually referred to in terms of the coupon rate (the sum of coupons paid in a...