(5) On January l, 1988, Felix inherited a perpetuity with annual payments beginning in six months. The first payment was $3,000,
and after that the payments increased by 3% each year. Find the value of this perpetuity on January 1, 1995 if the annual effective interest rate was 6% from January I, 1988 through January I, 1996 and 4% thereafter.
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<u>Answer:</u>
The yield to maturity of the bonds is 11%
<u>Explanation:</u>
Price at which the bonds is currently trading = 283.30$
Face Value = $1000
Coupon rate = 2%
Hence the coupon bond rate = $1000 ×2%
=
=$20
Years to maturity: 20 years
Formula used:
=
Where C is the bond coupon rate
F is the face value
P is the price
N is the number of years
=
=11%
The yield to maturity of the bonds is 11%