问题如下:
An investor purchases a nine-year, 7% annual coupon payment bond at a price equal to par value. After the bond is purchased and before the first coupon is received, interest rates increase to 8%. The investor sells the bond after five years. Assume that interest rates remain unchanged at 8% over the five-year holding period.
The capital gain/loss per 100 of par value resulting from the sale of the bond at the end of the five-year holding period is closest to a:
选项:
A.loss of 8.45.
B.loss of 3.31.
C.gain of 2.75.
解释:
B is correct.
The capital loss is closest to 3.31 per 100 of par value. After five years, the bond has four years remaining until maturity and the sale price of the bond is 96.69, calculated as:
The investor purchased the bond at a price equal to par value (100). Because the bond was purchased at a price equal to its par value, the carrying value is par value. Therefore, the investor experienced a capital loss of 96.69 - 100 = -3.31.
我做对了,但是有一个疑问,题目中只说了在前5年是intereset rate为8%并且不变,但是并没有说后面4年也是这样。为什么我们可以直接用I/Y=8 来算