Q1.a. Suppose that Happy Lemon Inc. issues a bond with a coupon of 4% paid annually. The
bond has a maturity of 30 years and a yield to maturity of 7%. An investor purchased this bond
at a fair price and holds the bond for 1 year.
i.
If the yield to maturity at the end of bond’s life changes to 8%, what will be the rate of
return that this investor is going to earn at the end of year 1? (
Hint
: The fair price of
the bond is simply the present value today of all future cash flows from an investment
in a bond)
ii.
Is the following statement correct? Elaborate your answer.
“Current yield overstates the return of premium bonds and understates that of discount
bonds”
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