Question

This morning, Mary bought a ten-year, $1000 par value bond with a 7.0% coupon rate and annual payments. She paid $994 for the bond. If the market interest rate on this type of bond decreases to 6.5% tonight, how much will Mary receive for her first coupon payment?a. $32.50.b. $35.00.c. $65.00.d. $69.58.e. $70.00.

Answer 1

e. $70.00

Step-by-step explanation:

The coupon payment is the amount received by the bondholder on a periodic basis during the life of the bond which is based on the bond's face value which in this case is $1000

Note that the coupon payments are expected to be made once a year.

Coupon payment=bond face value*coupon rate

bond face value=$1000

coupon rate=7%

annual coupon payment=$1000*7%

annua coupon payment=$70.00