Question: Interest rates on the market are starting to decrease. Ivan and Rubo are very happy because they invested some months ago into Government bonds. In

Interest rates on the market are starting to decrease. Ivan and Rubo are very happy because they invested some months ago into Government bonds.
In particular, Ivan owns a bond with these characteristics: maturity 5 years and 7 months, annual coupon 3%. For Ivan's bond, risk-free interest rate is 2% with spread of 1.2%(Government has a rating of BBB and requested spread for that rating notch is 1.2%)
Rubo selected a 'longer' bond: maturity 6 years and 2 months, annual coupon 3.5%. Similarly, risk-free interest rate for Rubo's bond is 2.25% with spread of 1.2%
Find:
1) The equilibrium dirty and clean prices of the bonds
2) The yield to maturity (YTM)
3) The duration and volatility
4) If Rubo's bond can reach the price of 105 in the future, and why
5) If it is possible to create an arbitrage opportunity selling the bond with lowest YTM, to buy the other one
 Interest rates on the market are starting to decrease. Ivan and

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