Computing price of bond if yield to maturity is given


1) A bond has the 7.5% annual coupon rate with 4 years to maturity and pays annual coupon

i) What is the price of the bond if the yield to maturity is 5%

ii) What is price of the bond if the yield to maturity increases by 0.2%?

iii) What is the % change in the price of the bond when yield increases by 0.2%?

iv) What is the bond duration?

v) What is the modified duration?

vi) Using the modified duration, what is the percentage change in the price if the yield increases by 0.2%

vii) What can you conclude regarding the error estimate based on the modified duration?

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