Problem 2: Consider a 10-year bond that pays a 5 percent coupon semi-annually with a face value of $1000.
a. What is the price of this bond if the annualized yield to maturity of 4 percent (i.e. the stated rate is .04 compounded
semi-annually)?
b. What is the price of this bond if the annualized yield to maturity of 5 percent (i.e. the stated rate is .05 compounded
semi-annually)?
c. What is the price of this bond if the annualized yield to maturity of 6 percent (i.e. the stated rate is .06 compounded
semi-annually)?
d. What is the price of this bond if the annualized effective rate is 5 percent?
Problem 3: Consider the bond described in Problem 2 above but let the coupon be paid annually. Answer questions a through c in Problem 2 above for this
annual coupon paying bond.