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A bond with a face value of €1.000 has a maturity of 10 years, and bi-monthly coupon payments of €10. The bond matures three years and 4 months from today and you have just received a coupon payment. The yield to maturity is 6.2%. The bond trades:

a) with a discount;
b) at par;
c) with a premium;
d) We do not have enough information.

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Final answer:

To assess whether the bond trades at a discount, at par, or a premium, we compare its face value to the present value of future cash flows based on the provided coupon payments, maturity time, and yield to maturity. Precise calculations are required to reach a conclusion, which are not provided in the question. Market interest rates relative to the coupon rate influence the bond's trading value.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question involves determining whether a bond trades at a discount, at par, or with a premium, given its face value, coupon payments, time to maturity, and yield to maturity. A bond trades at a discount when its current price is lower than its face value, at par when the price equals the face value, and at a premium when the price is higher than the face value. Since the bond pays bi-monthly coupon payments of €10 over the next three years and four months and has a yield to maturity of 6.2%, we must compare the present value of these future cash flows (coupons and face value at maturity) to the bond's face value to determine at what value the bond trades. Without performing the specific calculations, we cannot definitively state whether it trades at a discount, at par, or at a premium. However, if market interest rates are higher than the bond's coupon rate, it will generally trade at a discount; if lower, at a premium; and if equal, at par.

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