Question

Watson consulting, llc is a consultancy to consultants. They have bonds which have a face value of $1,000. The bonds carry a 3.5 percent semi-annual coupon, and mature in 10 years. What is the current price of these bonds if the yield to maturity (the going market rate, rd) is 5 percent

Answer 1

The current market price is $ 883.08

Step-by-step explanation:

The current market price can be ascertained using the pv excel function as follows:

=-pv(rate,nper,pmt,fv)

rate is the semiannual yield to maturity which is 5%/2

nper is the number of semiannual coupons in the bond i.e 10*2=20

pmt is the semiannual coupon=3.5%*1/2*$1000=$17.5

fv is the face value of the bond

=-pv(5%/2,20,17.5,1000)=$ 883.08