Both Bond Sam and Bond Dave have 8 percent coupons, makesemiannual payments, and are priced at par value. Bond Sam has 3years to maturity, whereas Bond Dave has 19 years to maturity. (Donot round your intermediate calculations.) Requirement 1: (a) Ifinterest rates suddenly rise by 4 percent, what is the percentagechange in the price of Bond Sam? (b) If interest rates suddenlyrise by 4 percent, what is the percentage change in the price ofBond Dave? Requirement 2: (a) If rates were to suddenly fall by 4percent instead, what would the percentage change in the price ofBond Sam be then? (b) If rates were to suddenly fall by 4 percentinstead, what would the percentage change in the price of Bond Davebe then?
Both Bond Sam and Bond Dave have 8 percent coupons, makesemiannual payments, and are priced at par value. Bond Sam has 3years to maturity, whereas Bond Dave has 19 years to maturity. (Donot round your intermediate calculations.) Requirement 1: (a) Ifinterest rates suddenly rise by 4 percent, what is the percentagechange in the price of Bond Sam? (b) If interest rates suddenlyrise by 4 percent, what is the percentage change in the price ofBond Dave? Requirement 2: (a) If rates were to suddenly fall by 4percent instead, what would the percentage change in the price ofBond Sam be then? (b) If rates were to suddenly fall by 4 percentinstead, what would the percentage change in the price of Bond Davebe then?
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Both Bond Sam and Bond Dave have 10 percent coupons, makesemiannual payments, and are priced at par value. Bond Sam has 5years to maturity, whereas Bond Dave has 18 years to maturity.(Do not round your intermediate calculations.) |
| Requirement 1: |
| (a) | If interest rates suddenly rise by 2 percent, what is thepercentage change in the price of Bond Sam? |
| (Click to select)7.50%-7.34%-7.36%-7.94%8.13% |
| (b) | If interest rates suddenly rise by 2 percent, what is thepercentage change in the price of Bond Dave? |
| (Click to select)-14.60%15.90%18.93%-17.12%-14.62% |
| Requirement 2: |
| (a) | If rates were to suddenly fall by 2 percent instead, what wouldthe percentage change in the price of Bond Sam be then? |
| (Click to select)-7.31%7.50%8.09%8.16%8.11% |
| (b) | If rates were to suddenly fall by 2 percent instead, what wouldthe percentage change in the price of Bond Dave be then? |
| (Click to select)-14.57%18.96%15.90%18.91%18.89% |
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