Interest Rate Risk Bond J is a 4 percent coupon bond. Bond K is a 12 percent

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Interest Rate Risk Bond J is a 4 percent coupon bond. Bond K is a 12 percent coupon bond. Both bonds have eight years to maturity, make semiannual payments, and have a YTM of 7 percent. If interest rates suddenly rise by 2 percent, what is the percentage price change of these bonds? What if rates suddenly fall by 2 percent instead? What does this problem tell you about the interest rate risk of lower-coupon bonds?

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...