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Assignment -
Q1. A recent listing for a Treasury bill in the Wall Street Journal gave an Asked Discount Yield of 2.25%. Its maturity was 120 days.
a. What is the T-bill's coupon (bond) equivalent yield?
b. What price would a bank pay for this T-bill?
c. What is the effective annual yield for the T-bill?
d. If the Bid Discount Yield was 2.40%, what was the dealer's "spread" on the bill (in $)?
Q2. An investor just purchased a 182 day maturity Treasury bill for 98.625.
a. What is the coupon equivalent yield?
b. What is the bank discount yield?
Q3. A Treasury note with a maturity of eight years and a coupon interest rate of 4.50% was quoted at a price of 98. What is this T-note's yield to maturity?
Q4. An IBM zero coupon bond with a maturity in September, 2026, has a price of 53.5 (percent). What is the bond's yield to maturity?
Q5. An Exxon bond (par value 100) has a maturity of 15 years and a coupon interest rate of 6.3%. If you require a yield to maturity of 7% on similar risk bonds, what is the value (price) of this bond?
Q6. A Citigroup zero coupon bond has a maturity of six years and a yield of 7%. Interest rates are expected to increase by 1.25%. Based on duration what price change do you expect for this bond?
Q7. An ATT bond (100 par value) which matures in exactly three years (September, 2021) has a coupon of 6.8%. The price of the bond is 96.8547. Your required rate of return is 8%.
a. What is this bond's modified duration?
b. If you expect yields to decrease by i % (100 basis points), what is the approximate price change expected on this ATT bond?
c. Compute the actual price change.