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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