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Bonds and Their Valuation
Bonds and Their Valuation
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Assume that a 10-year Treasury bond has a 12 percent annual coupon, while a 15-year Treasury bond has an 8 percent annual coupon. The yield curve is flat; all Treasury securities have a 10 percent yield to maturity. Which of the following statements is most correct? a. The 10-year bond is selling at a discount, while the 15-year bond is selling at a premium. b. The 10-year bond is selling at a premium, while the 15-year bond is selling at par. c. If interest rates decline, the price of both bonds will increase, but the 15-year bond will have a larger percentage increase in price. d. If the yield to maturity on both bonds remains at 10 percent over the next year, the price of the 10-year bond will increase, but the price of the 15-year bond will fall.
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A 10-year Treasury bond has an 8 percent coupon. An 8-year Treasury bond has a 10 percent coupon. Both bonds have the same yield to maturity. If the yields to maturity of both bonds increase by the same amount, which of the following statements is most correct? a. b. c. d. The prices of both bonds will increase by the same amount. The prices of both bonds will decrease by the same amount. The prices of the two bonds will remain the same. Both bonds will decline in price, but the 10-year bond will have a greater percentage decline in price than the 8-year bond. e. Both bonds will decline in price, but the 8-year bond will have a greater percentage decline in price than the 10-year bond.
Interest vs. reinvestment rate risk 3. Which of the following statements is most correct?
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a. Relative to short-term bonds, long-term bonds have less interest rate risk but more reinvestment rate risk. b. Relative to short-term bonds, long-term bonds have more interest rate risk and more reinvestment risk. c. Relative to coupon-bearing bonds, zero coupon bonds have more interest rate risk but less reinvestment rate risk. d. If interest rates increase, all bond prices will increase, but the increase will be greatest for bonds that have less interest rate risk. e. One advantage of zero coupon bonds is that you dont have to pay any taxes until you sell the bond or it matures.
Price risk 4.
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Which of the following bonds will have the greatest percentage increase in value if all interest rates decrease by 1 percent? a. b. c. d. e. 20-year, zero coupon bond. 10-year, zero coupon bond. 20-year, 10 percent coupon bond. 20-year, 5 percent coupon bond. 1-year, 10 percent coupon bond. Diff: E
Bond concepts 5.
A 10-year corporate bond has an annual coupon payment of 9 percent. The bond is currently selling at par ($1,000). Which of the following statements is most correct? a. The bonds yield to maturity is 9 b. The bonds current yield is 9 c. If the bonds yield to maturity remains constant, price will remain at par. d. Statements a and c are e. All of the statements above are percent. percent. the bonds correct. correct. Diff: E
a. If a bond is selling at par value, its current yield equals its yield to maturity. b. If a bond is selling at a discount to par, its current yield will be less than its yield to maturity. c. All else equal, bonds with longer maturities have more interest rate (price) risk than do bonds with shorter maturities. d. All of the statements above are correct. e. None of the statements above is correct. Annual coupon rate 7. Diff: E
An annual coupon bond with a $1,000 face value matures in 10 years. The bond currently sells for $903.7351 and has a 9 percent yield to maturity. What is the bonds annual coupon rate? a. b. c. d. e. 6.7% 7.0% 7.2% 7.5% 7.7% Diff: E
A 12-year bond has a 9 percent annual coupon, a yield to maturity of 8 percent, and a face value of $1,000. What is the price of the bond? a. b. c. d. e. $1,469 $1,000 $ 928 $1,075 $1,957
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You intend to purchase a 10-year, $1,000 face value bond that pays interest of $60 every 6 months. If your nominal annual required rate of return is 10 percent with semiannual compounding, how much should you be willing to pay for this bond? a. b. c. d. e. $ 826.31 $1,086.15 $ 957.50 $1,431.49 $1,124.62 Diff: E
A $1,000 par value bond pays interest of $35 each quarter and will mature in 10 years. If your nominal annual required rate of return is 12 percent with quarterly compounding, how much should you be willing to pay for this bond? a. b. c. d. e. $ 941.36 $1,051.25 $1,115.57 $1,391.00 $ 825.49 Diff: E
Palmer Products has outstanding bonds with an annual 8 percent coupon. The bonds have a par value of $1,000 and a price of $865. The bonds will mature in 11 years. What is the yield to maturity on the bonds? a. 10.09% b. 11.13% c. 9.25% d. 8.00% e. 9.89%
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A 20-year bond with a par value of $1,000 has a 9 percent annual coupon. The bond currently sells for $925. If the bonds yield to maturity remains at its current rate, what will be the price of the bond 5 years from now? a. b. c. d. e. $ 966.79 $ 831.35 $1,090.00 $ 933.09 $ 925.00 Diff: E
Consider a $1,000 par value bond with a 7 percent annual coupon. The bond pays interest annually. There are 9 years remaining until maturity. What is the current yield on the bond assuming that the required return on the bond is 10 percent? a. 10.00% b. 8.46% 3
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Rollincoast Incorporated issued BBB bonds two years ago that provided a yield to maturity of 11.5 percent. Long-term risk-free government bonds were yielding 8.7 percent at that time. The current risk premium on BBB bonds versus government bonds is half of what it was two years ago. If the risk-free long-term government bonds are currently yielding 7.8 percent, then at what rate should Rollincoast expect to issue new bonds? a. 7.8% b. 8.7% c. 9.2% d. 10.2% e. 12.9%
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A 6-year bond that pays 8 percent interest semiannually sells at par ($1,000). Another 6-year bond of equal risk pays 8 percent interest annually. Both bonds are noncallable and have face values of $1,000. What is the price of the bond that pays annual interest? a. b. c. d. e. $689.08 $712.05 $980.43 $986.72 $992.64 Diff: M
A 10-year bond with a 9 percent semiannual coupon is currently selling at par. A 10-year bond with a 9 percent annual coupon has the same risk, and therefore, the same effective annual return as the semiannual bond. If the annual coupon bond has a face value of $1,000, what will be its price? a. b. c. d. e. $ 987.12 $1,000.00 $ 471.87 $1,089.84 $ 967.34 Diff: M
JRJ Corporation recently issued 10-year bonds at a price of $1,000. These bonds pay $60 in interest each six months. Their price has remained stable since they were issued, that is, they still sell for $1,000. Due to additional financing needs, the firm wishes to issue new bonds that would have a maturity of 10 years, a par value of $1,000, and pay $40 in interest every six months. If both bonds have the same yield, how many new bonds must JRJ issue to raise $2,000,000? a. 2,400 b. 2,596 c. 3,000 d. 5,000
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Assume that you are considering the purchase of a $1,000 par value bond that pays interest of $70 each six months and has 10 years to go before it matures. If you buy this bond, you expect to hold it for 5 years and then to sell it in the market. You (and other investors) currently require a nominal annual rate of 16 percent, but you expect the market to require a nominal rate of only 12 percent when you sell the bond due to a general decline in interest rates. How much should you be willing to pay for this bond? a. b. c. d. e. $ 842.00 $1,115.81 $1,359.26 $ 966.99 $ 731.85 Diff: M
A 15-year bond with a 10 percent semiannual coupon and a $1,000 face value has a nominal yield to maturity of 7.5 percent. The bond, which may be called after five years, has a nominal yield to call of 5.54 percent. What is the bonds call price? a. b. c. d. e. $ 564 $1,110 $1,100 $1,173 $1,040 Diff: M
A bond with a face value of $1,000 matures in 12 years and has a 9 percent semiannual coupon. (That is, the bond pays a $45 coupon every six months.) The bond has a nominal yield to maturity of 7.5 percent, and it can be called in 4 years at a call price of $1,045. What is the bonds nominal yield to call? a. 6.61% b. 11.36% c. 3.31% d. 9.98% e. 5.68%
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A bond that matures in 8 years has a 9.5 percent coupon rate, semiannual payments, a face value of $1,000, and an 8.2 percent current yield. What is the bonds nominal yield to maturity (YTM)? a. b. c. d. e. 7.20% 7.45% 6.55% 6.89% 8.20% Diff: M The
You have just been offered a $1,000 par value bond for $847.88.
coupon rate is 8 percent, payable annually, and annual interest rates on new issues of the same degree of risk are 10 percent. You want to know how many more interest payments you will receive, but the party selling the bond cannot remember. Can you determine how many interest payments remain? a. b. c. d. e. 14 15 12 20 10 Diff: M
You just purchased a 15-year bond with an 11 percent annual coupon. The bond has a face value of $1,000 and a current yield of 10 percent. Assuming that the yield to maturity of 9.7072 percent remains constant, what will be the price of the bond one year from now? a. b. c. d. e. $1,000 $1,064 $1,097 $1,100 $1,150 Diff: M
Cold Boxes Ltd. has 100 bonds outstanding (maturity value = $1,000). The nominal required rate of return on these bonds is currently 10 percent, and interest is paid semiannually. The bonds mature in 5 years, and their current market value is $768 per bond. What is the annual coupon interest rate? a. b. c. d. e. 8% 6% 4% 2% 0% Diff: T
Assume that McDonalds and Burger King have similar $1,000 par value bond issues outstanding. The bonds are equally risky. The Burger King bond has an annual coupon rate of 8 percent and matures 20 years from today. The McDonalds bond has a coupon rate of 8 percent, with interest paid semiannually, and it also matures in 20 years. If the nominal required rate of return, kd, is 12 percent, semiannual basis, for both bonds, what is the difference in current market prices of the two bonds? a. b. c. d. e. $ 0.50 $ 2.20 $ 3.77 $17.53 $ 6.28
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You are considering investing in a security that matures in 10 years with a par value of $1,000. During the first five years, the security has an 8 percent coupon with quarterly payments (that is, you receive $20 a quarter for the first 20 quarters). During the remaining five years the security has a 10 percent coupon with quarterly payments (that is, you receive $25 a quarter for the second 20 quarters). After 10 years (40 quarters) you receive the par value. Another 10-year bond has an 8 percent semiannual coupon (that is, the coupon payment is $40 every six months). This bond is selling at its par value, $1,000. This bond has the same risk as the security you are thinking of purchasing. Given this information, what should be the price of the security you are considering purchasing? a. b. c. d. e. $ 898.65 $1,060.72 $1,037.61 $ 943.22 $1,145.89 Diff: T
Assume that the State of Florida sold tax-exempt, zero coupon bonds with a $1,000 maturity value 5 years ago. The bonds had a 25-year maturity when they were issued, and the interest rate built into the issue was a nominal 8 percent, compounded semiannually. The bonds are now callable at a premium of 4 percent over the accrued value. What effective annual rate of return would an investor who bought the bonds when they were issued and who still owns them earn if they were called today? a. b. c. d. e. 4.41% 6.73% 8.25% 9.01% 9.52%
Statement a is false; just the reverse is true. Statement b is false; the 15-year bond is selling at a discount because its coupon payment is less than the YTM. Statement c is true; longer-maturity and lowercoupon bonds have a larger percentage price change than short-maturity, high-coupon bonds. Statement d is false; just the reverse is true. 2. Interest rates and bond prices Answer: d Diff: E
First, both bonds will decrease in price. Longer-maturity, lowercoupon bonds have greater price changes with rate movements than shorter-maturity, higher-coupon bonds. So statement d must be correct. 3. Interest vs. reinvestment rate risk Answer: c Diff: E
Interest rate risk means the risk that the price of the bond will change due to interest rate changes. The longer the maturity, the greater the interest rate risk. Reinvestment rate risk is the risk that once the bond matures, you wont be able to reinvest the principal at the same rate. The shorter the maturity, the greater the reinvestment rate risk. Statement a is false. Long-term bonds have more interest rate risk and less reinvestment rate risk than short-term bonds. Statement b is false. Long-term bonds have less reinvestment rate risk than short-term bonds. Statement c is true. Zeros have more interest rate risk because their one payment is subject to the maximum number of discounting periods, so the zeros price will fluctuate greatly whenever interest rates change. There is less reinvestment rate risk because there are no coupons that need to be reinvested, just the par value at maturity. Statement d is false. If interest rates increase, the prices of all bonds will decrease. Statement e is false. You have to pay taxes on the difference in the accreted value of the zeros each year, as though you had actually realized the capital gain for the year. You dont actually realize your capital gain until maturity, or until you sell the bond, but you still pay taxes as though you had. 4. Price risk Answer: a Diff: E
The longer the maturity of a bond, the more of an effect a change in interest rates will have on it. The reason for this is that the price change is compounded into the bond price for more periods. Therefore, you can rule out statements b and e. A bond that pays coupons will be less affected by interest rate changes than one that doesnt pay coupons. The bond price is the NPV of all the future cash flows, both the coupon payments and the par value paid at maturity. The first coupon payment is only discounted one period. The second coupon is discounted two periods, and so on. The par value is discounted for the full life of the bond. Thus, statements c and d can be eliminated. Since a zero coupon bonds price today is determined just by the NPV of its par value, all of its payment is discounted for the maximum amount of time, whereas a coupon bond has many payments discounted for less than the maximum amount of time. Therefore, a zero coupon bond is most affected by interest rate changes. So, the longest zero coupon bond is
All the statements are true; therefore, the correct choice is statement e. Since the bond is selling at par, its YTM = coupon rate. The current yield is calculated as $90/$1,000 = 9%. If YTM = coupon rate, the bond will sell at par. So, if the bonds YTM remains constant the bonds price will remain at par. 6. Bond concepts Answer: d Diff: E
The correct answer is statement d. All of the statements are correct. All of the statements directly follow from the basics of bond pricing presented in the text. 7. Annual coupon rate Answer: d Diff: E
We must solve for the payment and infer the coupon rate from that value. Enter the following data into your financial calculator: N = 10; I = 9; PV = 903.7351; FV = 1000; and then solve for PMT = $75. Hence, the coupon rate is $75/$1,000 = 7.5%. 8. Bond value--annual payment Answer: d Diff: E
Enter the following input data in the calculator: N = 12; I = 8; PMT = 90; FV = 1000; and then solve for PV = $1,075.36. VB $1,075. 9. Bond value--semiannual payment Time Line: 0 | PV = ?
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Financial calculator solution: Inputs: N = 20; I = 5; PMT = 60; FV = 1000. Output: PV = -$1,124.62; VB = $1,124.62. 0. Bond value--quarterly payment
Time Line: 0 | | | PMT = 35 35 PV = ?
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40 | 35 FV = 1,000
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Financial calculator solution: Inputs: N = 40; I = 3; PMT = 35; FV = 1000. Output: PV = -$1,115.57; VB = $1,115.57. 1. Yield to maturity--annual bond Answer: a Diff: E
Enter N = 11; PV = -865; PMT = 80; FV = 1000; and then solve for I/YR = 10.0868% 10.09%.
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Find the YTM. N = 20; PV = -925; PMT = 90; FV = 1000; and then solve for I = YTM = 9.8733%. Solve for P5. In 5 years, there will be 15 years left until maturity, so the price at t = 5 is: N = 15; I/YR = 9.8733; PMT = 90; FV = 1000; and then solve for PV = -$933.09. VB = $933.09. Answer: b Diff: E
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Current yield
Current yield = Annual coupon payment/Current price. Step 1: Find the price of the bond: N = 9; I/YR = 10; PMT = 70; FV = 1000; and then solve for PV = -$827.23. VB = $827.23. Calculate the current yield: CY = $70/$827.23 = 8.46%. Answer: c Diff: E
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Calculate the previous risk premium, RPBBB, and new RPBBB: RPBBB = 11.5% - 8.7% = 2.8%. New RPBBB = 2.8%/2 = 1.4%. Calculate new YTM on BBB bonds: 5. Bond value--annual payment YTMBBB = 7.8% + 1.4% = 9.2%. Answer: e Diff: M
The semiannual bond selling at par has a nominal yield to maturity equal to its annual coupon rate (you can check this). Thus the nominal YTM for the semiannual bond is 8%. To convert this to an effective annual rate for the annual bond: NOM% = 8; P/YR = 2; and then solve for EFF% = 8.16%. We can now value the annual bond using this rate, as the nominal rate is the same as the effective rate when compounding occurs annually. Thus; N = 6; I = 8.16; PMT = 80; FV = 1000; and then solve for PV = $992.64. VB = $992.64. 6. Bond value--annual payment Step 1: Answer: a Diff: M
Determine the effective annual rate of return on the semiannual bond: The semiannual bond has a YTM of 9 percent because it is selling at par. This is equivalent to an effective annual rate of 9.2025% = [(1 + 0.09/2)2 - 1]. Determine the value of the annual bond: Enter the following input data in the calculator: N = 10; I = 9.2025; PMT = 90; FV = 1000; and then solve for PV = -$987.12. VB = $987.12.
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Financial calculator solution: Inputs: N = 20; I = 6; PMT = 40; FV = 1000. Output: PV = -$770.60; VB = $770.60. Number of bonds: $2,000,000/$770.60 2,596 bonds.* *Rounded up to next whole bond. 8. Bond value--semiannual payment Time Line: 0 TL1 | VB = ? 10 | 11 | 70 12 | 70 1 | PMT = 70 2 | 70 Answer: d 10 6-month | Periods 70 = 1,073.61 Diff: M
kd/2 = 8%
FV = VB5
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kd/2 = 6%
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Financial calculator solution: Solve for VB at Time = 5 (V5) with 5 years to maturity Inputs: N = 10; I = 6; PMT = 70; FV = 1000. Output: PV = -$1,073.60. VB5 = $1,073.60. Solve for VB at Time = 0, assuming sale at VB5 = $1,073.60. Inputs: N = 10; I = 8; PMT = 70; FV = 1073.60. Output: PV = -$966.99; VB = $966.99. 9. Call price--semiannual payment Step 1: Answer: e Diff: M
Find the bond price using the YTM: Enter the following input data in the calculator: N = 30; I = 7.5/2 = 3.75; PMT = 0.10/2 1,000 = 50; FV = 1000; and then solve for PV = -$1,222.87. VB = $1,222.87. Solve for Enter the N = 10; I solve for the call price: following input data in the calculator: = 5.54/2 = 2.77; PV = -1222.87; PMT = 50; and then FV = $1,039.938 $1,040. Answer: a Diff: M
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Find the price of the semiannual bond today using the YTM and other information given: N = 12 2 = 24; I = 7.5/2 = 3.75; PMT = 45; FV = 1000; and then solve for PV = -$1,117.3362. VB = $1,117.3362. Given the bonds price, calculate the yield to call by entering the following data as inputs: N = 4 2 = 8; PV = -1117.3362; PMT = 45; FV = 1045; and then solve for I = k/2 = 3.3073% per 6 months 11
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N = 8 2 = 16; I = ?; PV = ?; PMT = 0.095/2 1,000 = 47.50; FV = 1,000 Step 1: Determine the Current yield 8.2% VB VB bonds current price. = Annual interest/Current bond price = $95.00/VB = $95.00/0.082 = $1,158.54. Solve
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Determine the bonds yield to maturity. N = 16; PV = -1158.54; PMT = 47.50; FV = 1000; I = ? for I = kd/2 = 3.44%; kd = 3.44% 2 = 6.89%. Answer: b Years
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Annual interest payments remaining Time Line: 0 1 10% | | PMT = 80 VB = 847.88 2 | 80 n = ? | 80 FV = 1,000
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Financial calculator solution: Inputs: I = 10; PV = -847.88; PMT = 80; FV = 1000. Output: N = 15 years. 23. Future bond value--annual payment The YTM = Current yield + Capital gain. Thus: Capital gain = YTM - Current yield = 9.7072% - 10% = -0.2928%. The price in 1 year = Price now (1 + CG%). Price now: Current yield = Annual coupon/Price. Thus: Price = Annual coupon/Current yield = $110/0.10 = $1,100. Price in one year = $1,100 (1 + CG%) = $1,100 (1 - 0.002928) (Remember to express the = $1,096.78 $1,097. capital gain as a decimal.) 24. Bond coupon rate
Time Line: 0 kd/2 = 5% 1 | | PMT = ? VB = 768 2 | PMT 3 | PMT 4 | PMT
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Answer: c
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Financial calculator solution: Inputs: N = 10; I = 5; PV = -768; FV = 1000. Output: PMT = $19.955 (semiannual PMT). Annual coupon rate = (PMT 2)/M = ($19.955 2)/$1,000 = 3.99% 25. Bond value Answer: d
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Burger King VB: Calculate EAR to apply to Burger King bonds using interest rate conversion feature, and calculate the value, VBK, of Burger King bonds: Inputs: P/YR = 2; NOM% = 12. Output: EFF% = EAR = 12.36%. (Remember to switch P/YR back to 1.) Inputs: N = 20; I = 12.36; PMT = 80; FV = 1000. Output: PV = -$681.54. VB = $681.54. McDonalds VB: Inputs: N = 40; I = 6; PMT = 40; FV = 1000. Output: PV = -$699.07. VB = $699.07. Calculate the difference between the two bonds' PVs: Difference: VB(McD) - VB(BK) = $699.07 - $681.54 = $17.53. 26. Bond value and effective annual rate Answer: b Diff: T
Since the securities are of equal risk, they must have the same effective rate. Since the comparable 10-year bond is selling at par, its nominal yield is 8 percent, the same as its coupon rate. Because it is a semiannual coupon bond, its effective rate is 8.16 percent. Using your calculator, enter NOM% = 8; P/YR = 2; and solve for EFF%. (Remember to change back to P/YR = 1.) So, since the bond you are considering purchasing has quarterly payments, its nominal rate is calculated as follows: EFF% = 8.16; P/YR = 4; and solve for NOM%. NOM% = 7.9216%. (Again, remember to change back to P/YR = 1.) To determine the quarterly payment bonds price you must use the cash flow register because the payment amount changes. CF0 = 0, CF1 = 20; Nj = 20; CF2 = 25; Nj = 19; CF3 = 1025; I = 7.9216/4 = 1.9804; and then solve for NPV = $1,060.72.
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Step 1: Calculate PV of zero coupon bond at Time 0: N = 50; I = 4; PMT = 0; FV = 1000; and then solve for PV = -$140.71. VB = $140.71. Step 2: Calculate accrued value at Year 5: $140.71(1.04)2(5) = $208.29. Step 3: Call value at Year 5: $208.29(1.04) = $216.62.
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Step 4: Calculate EAR as follows: N = 10; PV = -140.71; PMT = 0; FV = 216.62; and then solve for I = 4.41%; however, this is a semiannual rate. EAR = (1.0441)2 - 1 = 9.01%.
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