Question

Bond A sells at $975. Bond B sells at $1010. Both bonds have a coupon rate of 4%. All else equal, which bond has more interest rate risk?

Answer 1

Bond A

Step-by-step explanation:

Interest rate risk is the likelihood of loss to bondholders emanating from an increase in a bond's market interest rate which is also the yield to maturity.

However, a bond is issued at a premium when its market interest rate is lower than the coupon rate and at a discount when the reverse is the case.

In this instance, bond A was issued at a discount while B was issued at a premium, hence, the market interest rate of Bond A is higher and it has a higher interest rate risk due to its yield to maturity which made it trade at a discount to the face value of $1000 per bond