Question: 3 . Arbitrage ( 1 0 points ) The YTM on a 6 - month Zero is ( 5 % ) .

3. Arbitrage (10 points) The YTM on a 6-month Zero is \(5\%\). The YTM on a 1-year Zero is \(6\%\). Zeros have face value \(=\$ 100\). The YTM on a 1-year \(12\%\)(coupon rate) Treasury note (paying semiannual coupon payments) is \(5.8\%\). Assume the note has \(\$ 1,000\) face value. What is the arbitrage opportunity and what is the profit? (Hint: first calculate the price of the \(12\%\) Treasury note and then the price of replicating the \(12\%\) Treasury note cash flows instead with Zeros)
3 . Arbitrage ( 1 0 points ) The YTM on a 6 -

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