Reference no: EM131072843
Grace Hesketh is the owner of an extremely successful dress boutique in downtown Chicago. Although high fashion is Grace’s first love, she’s also interested in investments, particularly bonds and other fixed income securities. She actively manages her own investments and over time has built up a substantial portfolio of securities. She’s well versed on the latest investment techniques and is not afraid to apply those procedures to her own investments. Grace has been playing with the idea of trying to immunize a big chunk of her bond portfolio. She’d like to cash out this part of her portfolio in seven years and use the proceeds to buy a vacation home in her home state of Oregon. To do this, she intends to use the $ 200,000 she now has invested in the following four corporate bonds (she currently has $ 50,000 invested in each one). 1. A 12 year, 7.5% bond that’s currently priced at $ 895. 2. A 10 year, zero coupon bond priced at $ 405. 3. A 10 year, 10% bond priced at $ 1,080. 4. A 15 year, 9.25% bond priced at $ 980. (Note: These are all noncallable, investment grade, nonconvertible / straight bonds.)
Questions
1. Using one or more of the four bonds described above, is it possible to come up with a $ 200,000 bond portfolio that will exhibit the duration characteristics Grace is looking for? Explain.
2. Using one or more of the four bonds, put together a $ 200,000 immunized portfolio for Grace. Because this portfolio will now be immunized, will Grace be able to treat it as a buy and-hold portfolio one she can put away and forget about? Explain.
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