Current Yield and Yield to Maturity of a bond
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You hold a 10-year-maturity coupon bond that was issued 9 years ago with a coupon rate of 10%. If the interest rate on 1-year bonds is now at 5%, calculate the current yield and yield to maturity for your 10-year-maturity bond, and compare these with the coupon rate. If the interest rate on the 1-year bonds is now at 12%, calculate the current yield and yield to maturity for your 10-year-maturity coupon bond, and compare these with the coupon rate. What have you learned from these calculations?
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Calculates Current Yield and Yield to Maturity of a bond and compares them.
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You hold a 10-year-maturity coupon bond that was issued 9 years ago with a coupon rate of 10%. If the interest rate on 1-year bonds is now at 5%, calculate the current yield and yield to maturity for your 10-year-maturity bond, and compare these with the coupon rate. If the interest rate on the 1-year bonds is now at 12%, calculate the current yield and yield to maturity for your 10-year-maturity coupon bond, and compare these with ...
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