Answer: a par
Explanation:
From the question, we are informed that an investor wishes to buy a new issue of U.S. Government agency bonds and was recommend that the customer purchase Federal Home Loan Bank bonds with a 20 year maturity.
It should be noted that new issues that relate to agency securities are typically sold by a selling group which will be appointed by the agency and such groups are usually made up of broker dealers and large banks.
The group will then sell the issue to the public at par and out of the revenue that is made, a selling concession will be paid by the agency to the selling group.
Answer:
$16,875
Explanation:
The amount received per year is $15,000 and the CPI increased from 144 to 162
Inflation rate = (New CPI - Old CPI)/Old CPI * 100
Inflation rate = 162-144/144 * 100
Inflation rate = 0.125
Inflation rate = 12.5%
Amount received = $15,000 * 12.5% = $1,875
==> $15,000 + $1,875 = $16,875
So, Grandmother will receive $16,875
Answer:
b. 1,062.81
Explanation:
the key to answer this question is to remember that valuation of a bond depends basically of calculating the present value of a series of cash flows, so let´s think about a bond as if you were a lender so you will get interest by the money you lend (coupon) and at the end of n years you will get back the money you lend at the beginnin (principal), so applying math we have the bond value given by:
where: principal as said before is the value lended, coupon is the rate of interest paid, i is the interest rate and n is the number of periods
so applying to this particular exercise, as it is not said we will assume that 6% and 7% are interest rate convertible seminually, so the price of the bond will be:
price=1,062.81
take into account that here we are asked about semianually payments, so in 8 years there are 16 semesters.
With face value equal to $ 1000, present value equal to $ 1,065, we get nper = 16.5 * 2 = 33. Rate(ytm) is equal to 7.7%/2 = 3.85%.PMT (coupon payment) = $ 42.01.Coupon rate = (42.01 / 1000) = 4.20%.Therefore, the annual coupon rate is equal to 4.2 * 2 which equates to 8.40%
