Consider a five-year bond paying 10 percent coupon annually. The bond is priced at $1,200.
a. Find the yield to maturity.
b. Find the realized yield, assuming that coupons are reinvested at the yield to maturity.
c. Find the realized yield, assuming that coupons are reinvested at the following rates: r0=9%, r1=9.5%, r2=10%, r3=10.5%, r4=11%, r5=11.5%.
d. Refer to part (c). Explain why the yield is different than the yield to maturity.