Price of a Forward Contract
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Enter into a forward contract to buy a 10-year, zero-coupon bond that will be issued in one year. The face value of the bond is $1,000, and the 1 -year and 11-year spot interest rates are 4% per annum and 9% per annum, respectively. Both of these interest rates are expressed as effective annual yields (EAYs). one year. The face value of the bond is:
a. What is the forward price of your contract?
b. Suppose both the spot rates unexpectedly shift downward by 1%. What is the price of a forward contract otherwise identical to yours?
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The solution calculates the price of a forward contract for different spot interest rates.
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A. What is the forward price of the contract?
We first need to calculate the 10 year interest rate at the end of year 1
1 year spot interest rate= 4%
11 year spot interest rate= 9%
Therefore 10 year spot interest rate at the end of year 1= 9.51% ={(1+9.%)^11/(1+4.%)}^(1/10)-1
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