About interest rate risk of longer-term bonds

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Kennedy Corp. issued 16-year coupon bonds 3 years ago at a coupon rate of 5%. The bond was issued at par and pays semiannual coupon payments. Schilt Corp. has 5% coupon bond outstanding, with semiannual coupon payments. The Schilt Corp. bonds currently have 4 years to mature. The interest rate has been unchanged, and both bonds have been priced at par value until just now, when the Fed announced to cut the annual interest rate by 1 percent.

(a) Patrick bought one Kennedy Corp. bond at the time of issuing 3 years ago. He has already received six semiannual coupon payments. And he decides to sell the bond after the Feds announcement. Assume that bond prices change instantaneously to reflect the new interest rate. What is Patrick's annualized holding period return? Why is it higher or lower than 5%?

(b) What is the percentage change in the price of these bonds?

(c) Suppose instead the Fed announced to raise the interest rate by 1 percent. What is the percentage change in the price of these bonds? Illustrate your answers in (b) and (c) by graphing bond prices versus YTM. What does this problem tell you about the interest rate risk of longer-term bonds?

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