Bond X is a premium bond making annual payments. The bond has a coupon rate of 9%, a YTM of 7%, and has 13 years to maturity. Bond Y is a discount bond making annual payments. This bond has a coupon rate of 7%, a YTM of 9%, and also has 13 years to maturity. What are the prices of these bonds today? If interest rates remain unchanged, what do you expect the prices of these bonds to be in 8 years? In 13 years? What’s going on here? Illustrate your answers by graphing bond prices versus time to maturity.
What are the inputs in order to solve this using a financial calculator?