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An investor has two bonds in his or her portfolio, Bond C and BondZ. Each matures in 4 years, has a face value of $1,000, and has ayield to maturity of 9.6 percent. Bond C pays a 10 percent annualcoupon, while Bond Z is a zero coupon bond.
Assuming that the yield to maturity of each bond remains 9.6% overthe next four years, calculate the price of each of the bonds atthe following years to maturity:
Plot the time path of prices for each bond.

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Ms. Alumm is the portfolio manager for a large insurance company. She is considering investing $1 million to purchase the bonds of Patriot Enterprises, Inc.
[A] All of Patriot's bonds have market prices that imply a yield to maturity of 8% "bond equivalent yield" (that is, 4% every 6-month period).1 Each Patriot bond is described here, based on a
$1,000 face value (par value), which is the promised payment at maturity.

. Bond A has five years until maturity and pays a 9% coupon yield ($45 every 6 months on a $1,000 face value bond).
. Bond B has ten years until maturity, pays an 8% coupon yield ($40 semiannual payments), and is being offered in a private placement at par.
. Bond C is a zero-coupon bond that pays no explicit interest, but will pay the face amount of $1,000 per bond at maturity in ten years.
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[C] As an alternative, Ms. Alumm has been invited to invest $1 million in a private placement of a 10-year Eurobond2 of a second firm, Nationaliste, S.A. Nationaliste bonds are similar in risk to "Bond B" above: they promise an 8% coupon yield for 10 years, but coupons are paid annually, not semiannually. The Nationaliste bonds are priced at a 1% discount from par, or $990 per $1,000 face value.
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