Consider the following bonds: Bond A: A 2-year zero-coupon bond with a face value of...

 

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Consider the following bonds: • Bond A: A 2-year zero-coupon bond with a face value of $100 and 6% YTM. • Bond B: A 2-year par-value bond with a face value of $100 and 6% coupon. • Bond C: A 2-year par-value bond with a face value of $100 and 7% coupon. • Bond D: A 3-year par-value bond with a face value of $100 and 7% coupon. • Bond E: A 4-year par-value bond with a face value of $100 and 7% coupon. • Bond F: A 4-year discount bond with a face value of $100 and 7% coupon. If the yield curve shifts upwards by one percent, a. Which bond among bonds A, B and C will experience the largest percentage price change? Which will have the lowest percentage price change? b. Which bond among bonds C and D will experience a larger percentage price change? c. Would you expect the difference in percentage price change to be bigger between bonds C and D or between bonds D and E? d. Which bond of bonds E and F will experience a larger percentage price change? Consider the following bonds: • Bond A: A 2-year zero-coupon bond with a face value of $100 and 6% YTM. • Bond B: A 2-year par-value bond with a face value of $100 and 6% coupon. • Bond C: A 2-year par-value bond with a face value of $100 and 7% coupon. • Bond D: A 3-year par-value bond with a face value of $100 and 7% coupon. • Bond E: A 4-year par-value bond with a face value of $100 and 7% coupon. • Bond F: A 4-year discount bond with a face value of $100 and 7% coupon. If the yield curve shifts upwards by one percent, a. Which bond among bonds A, B and C will experience the largest percentage price change? Which will have the lowest percentage price change? b. Which bond among bonds C and D will experience a larger percentage price change? c. Would you expect the difference in percentage price change to be bigger between bonds C and D or between bonds D and E? d. Which bond of bonds E and F will experience a larger percentage price change? Consider the following bonds: • Bond A: A 2-year zero-coupon bond with a face value of $100 and 6% YTM. • Bond B: A 2-year par-value bond with a face value of $100 and 6% coupon. • Bond C: A 2-year par-value bond with a face value of $100 and 7% coupon. • Bond D: A 3-year par-value bond with a face value of $100 and 7% coupon. • Bond E: A 4-year par-value bond with a face value of $100 and 7% coupon. • Bond F: A 4-year discount bond with a face value of $100 and 7% coupon. If the yield curve shifts upwards by one percent, a. Which bond among bonds A, B and C will experience the largest percentage price change? Which will have the lowest percentage price change? b. Which bond among bonds C and D will experience a larger percentage price change? c. Would you expect the difference in percentage price change to be bigger between bonds C and D or between bonds D and E? d. Which bond of bonds E and F will experience a larger percentage price change? Consider the following bonds: • Bond A: A 2-year zero-coupon bond with a face value of $100 and 6% YTM. • Bond B: A 2-year par-value bond with a face value of $100 and 6% coupon. • Bond C: A 2-year par-value bond with a face value of $100 and 7% coupon. • Bond D: A 3-year par-value bond with a face value of $100 and 7% coupon. • Bond E: A 4-year par-value bond with a face value of $100 and 7% coupon. • Bond F: A 4-year discount bond with a face value of $100 and 7% coupon. If the yield curve shifts upwards by one percent, a. Which bond among bonds A, B and C will experience the largest percentage price change? Which will have the lowest percentage price change? b. Which bond among bonds C and D will experience a larger percentage price change? c. Would you expect the difference in percentage price change to be bigger between bonds C and D or between bonds D and E? d. Which bond of bonds E and F will experience a larger percentage price change?

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