Practice finding Present Value for Semi-annual Bonds

See Section 7-6 of the Textbook. Consider corporate bonds with

• PMT: a coupon rate of 9% (the coupon rate is expressed as an annual number) that pay interest semi-annually (the nature of these interest payments determines the compounding frequency of the bond- in this case it is semi-annual compounding). So we need to take the coupon rate and divide by 2
• N: 12 years to maturity (maturity means the bond contract is over) this is provided in years, but we need the number of periods. so use years*2 for N
• FV: a par value of $1,000 (this is what the bond is worth at maturity) - this is unaffected by semi-annual compounding
• I/Y: the market rate of interest on similar debt is 7%. Interest rates are quoted as annual numbers, so we need the semi-annual rate. use rate / 2 for I/Y

Find the value of these bonds (solve for PV) and round to the nearest dollar