Rierson decideds to invest some of the capital raised into


Rierson decideds to invest some of the capital raised into italian 10 year government bonds.

a. He decides to invest into ten year 1000 Euro Government bond with 8 % coupon rate and semi annual coupons. If the bond is currently trading for a price of 957.35 what is the bond's yield to maturity? Assume he buys 10,000 of these bonds.

b. Suppose he is told that the yield to maturity has increased to 15%(expressed as an APR with Semiannual Compounding. What is the the bond trading for now?

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