Suppose a five-year 1 000 bond with annual coupons has a


1)Suppose a? five-year, $ 1 000 bond with annual coupons has a price of $ 903.57 and a yield to maturity of 6.1 %. What is the? bond's coupon? rate?

2)Suppose that Telstra Corporation Ltd issued a bond with 10 years until? maturity, a face value of $ 1 000?, and a coupon rate of 7.1% ?(annual payments). The yield to maturity on this bond when it was issued was 5.6 %. Assuming the yield to maturity remains? constant, what is the price of the bond immediately after it makes its first coupon? payment?

3)Assume the current yield curve shows that the spot rates for six? months, one? year, and one and a half years are 1%, 1.1% and 1.3%, ?respectively, all quoted as? semi-annually compounded APRs. What is the price of a ?$1000 ?par, 5?% coupon bond maturing in one and a half years? (the next coupon is exactly six months from? now)?

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