Calculating Investor's Yield to Maturity
You are considering the purchase of Hytec bonds that were issued 14 years ago. When the bonds were originally sold, they had a 30-year maturity and a 14.375% coupon interest rate that is payable semiannually. The bond is currently selling for $1,508.72. What is the yield to maturity on the bonds?
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Solution:
Face Value of bond=$1,000.00
Semi annual Coupon amount=(1000*14.375%)/2=$71.875
Time left for maturity=30-14=16
No. of coupon payment left=2*16=32
Current price of bond=$1,508.72
Let us see cash flows of coupons, maturity and purchase values
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Solution describes the steps to calculate yield to mturity (YTM) for a given coupon paying bond.
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