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James is a bond analyst at AB Financial Corporation. Given the current economic scenario, he thinks cashflows sooner will be more valuable; hence, he plans to tilt the bond portfolio toward coupon-paying bonds. He observes that one of the bonds in his portfolio has 13.5 years to maturity, a YTM of 4.8%, a par value of $1,000, and a current price of $1,055. The bond makes semi-annual payments. He calculates the coupon rate on those bonds. What must be the number that he arrived at?

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To analyze the bond in James s portfolio we have the following information Maturity of the bond 13 5 View the full answer


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