Real return on investment for a coupon bond

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Problem:

You bought one of BB Co.'s 9% coupon bonds one year ago for $1020. These bonds make annual payments and mature six years from now. Suppose you decide to sell your bonds today, when the required return on the bonds is 10%. If the inflation rate was 4.2% over the past year, what would be your total real return on investment?

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This question is basically belongs to Finance and it discusses about real return on investment for a coupon bond with 9% interest rate which makes annual payments and matures six years from now. Inflation has been given and calculation for the total real return on the investment has been given in the solution.

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