Question: b) (5 points) Now consider the same bond with 10 year maturity, a face value or $1,000, a coupon rate of 7% (coupon is paid
b) (5 points) Now consider the same bond with 10 year maturity, a face value or $1,000, a coupon rate of 7% (coupon is paid annually) and assume that the yield to maturity on the bond is 7%. Compute the duration of this bond.
c) (5 points) Next, we are going to analyze the effect of time to maturity on the duration of the bond. Compute the duration of a bond with a face value of $1,000, a coupon rate of 7% (coupon is paid annually) and a yield to maturity of 7% for maturities of 2 to 18 years in 1-year increments (so here we are going to vary the time to maturity and see how duration changes if N=2, 3 ... etc.). What happens to duration as maturity increases?
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