Question: 5. Consider a 4-year zero- coupon bond priced such that its YTM is 7% per year. Assume the face value is $1000. a. Determine the

5. Consider a 4-year zero-coupon bond priced such that its YTM is 7% per year. Assume the face value is $1000.

a. Determine the dollar price of the bond. (Enter the dollar price of the bond, such as 876.25 (without the dollar sign)). Do not enter the 32nd conventional equivalent price.

b. Now assume that one year later interest rates have fallen and now the bond has a YTM of 5% (down from 7% one year earlier). What is the dollar price of the bond now? HINT: The price is not equal to $822.70.

c. If you purchased the bond for price computed in Part A and sold it one year later for the price computed in Part B, then what is the holding period yield? i.e. what is the holding period yield from t = 0 to t = 1? Enter your answer as a decimal, not as a percent.

d. With only one year remaining on the bond (i.e. at t = 3), the YTM on the bond is 10%. Compute the annualized effective holding period yield assuming you hold the bond from t = 1 (when it was, as described in Part B) to t = 3. Notice that this rate spans the two-year period from t = 1 to t = 3 but should be expressed as an effective annual value (in decimal form).

Enter the effective annualized holding period yield as a decimal, not as a percent, with at least 4 digits of precision.

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