Question: You decided to convert a 3-year Treasury into a set of stripped securities below on September 01, 2020. Calculate the total present value of these
You decided to convert a 3-year Treasury into a set of stripped securities below on September 01, 2020. Calculate the total present value of these STRIPS. Would you profit from stripping this Treasury Note? Assume that the original Treasury has a face value of $100,000.
U.S. Treasury (hypothetical Data) at as 01 September 2020
| Spot Market (Market 1) | COUPON (%) | PRICE | YIELD CHG |
| 10/15/2023 | 1.175 | 97.451 | 0.000 |
| 09/01/2023 | 1.05 | 97.345 | 0.000 |
| 10/15/2021 | 0 | 96.972 | 0.000 |
| 04/15/2021 | 0 | 96.878 | 0.000 |
| 12/15/2020 | 0 | 96.241 | 0.000 |
| Maturity | Bid | Asked | Asked yield | Maturity | Bid | Asked | Asked yield | |
| Stripped Principal (Market 2) | Stripped interest (Market 3) | |||||||
| 15-Nov-20 | 98.404 | 98.456 | 2.28 | 15-Nov-20 | 98.381 | 98.384 | 2.34 | |
| 15-Dec-20 | 98.154 | 98.226 | 2.401 | 15-Dec-20 | 98.166 | 98.363 | 2.464 | |
| 15-Apr-21 | 97.904 | 97.996 | 2.522 | 15-Apr-21 | 97.916 | 98.142 | 2.588 | |
| 01-Mar-21 | 97.654 | 97.766 | 2.643 | 01-Mar-21 | 97.692 | 98.031 | 2.712 | |
| 01-Sep-21 | 97.443 | 97.536 | 2.764 | 01-Sep-21 | 97.477 | 97.92 | 2.836 | |
| 01-Mar-22 | 97.193 | 97.306 | 2.885 | 01-Mar-22 | 97.227 | 97.789 | 2.96 | |
| 01-Sep-22 | 96.940 | 97.083 | 3.006 | 10-Sep-22 | 96.974 | 97.688 | 3.084 | |
| 15-Oct-22 | 96.735 | 96.853 | 3.127 | 15-Oct-22 | 96.724 | 97.557 | 3.208 | |
| 15-Dec-22 | 96.485 | 96.618 | 3.248 | 15-Dec-22 | 96.471 | 97.446 | 3.332 | |
| 01-Mar-23 | 96.235 | 96.388 | 3.369 | 01-Mar-23 | 96.221 | 97.325 | 3.456 | |
| 01-Sep-23 | 96.045 | 96.158 | 3.49 | 01-Sep-23 | 95.964 | 97.204 | 3.58 | |
| 15-Apr-24 | 95.832 | 95.945 | 3.611 | 15-Apr-24 | 95.759 | 97.083 | 3.704 | |
| 15-Oct-24 | 95.58 | 95.715 | 3.732 | 15-Oct-24 | 95.474 | 96.962 | 3.828 | |
| 15-Apr-25 | 95.321 | 95.484 | 3.853 | 15-Apr-25 | 95.259 | 96.841 | 3.952 | |
| 15-Oct-25 | 95.071 | 95.254 | 3.974 | 15-Oct-25 |
| 95.009 | 96.72 | 4.076 |
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