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1 January, 22:08

Tidewater Home Health Care, Inc. has a bond issue outstanding with eight years remaining to maturity, a coupon rate of 10 percent with interest paid annually, and a par value of $1,000. The current market price of the bond is $1,251.22

a. What is the bond's yield to maturity?

b. Now, assume that the bond has semiannual coupon payments. What is its yield to maturity in this situation?

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  1. 2 January, 01:55
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    5.96%

    6.00%

    Step-by-step explanation:

    The yield to maturity can be computed using the rate formula in excel as shown below:

    =rate (nper, pmt,-pv, fv)

    nper is the number of annual interest payments of 8 years

    pmt is the annual interest payment=$1000*10%=$100

    pv is the current price of $1,251.22

    fv is the face value of $1,000

    =rate (8,100,-1251.22,1000) = 5.96%

    Semiannual coupon:

    nper is the number of semiannual interest payments i. e 8*2=16

    pmt is the semiannual interest payment=$1000*10%*6/12=$50

    pv is the current price of $1,251.22

    fv is the face value of $1,000

    =rate (16,50,-1251.22,1000) = 3.00%

    semiannual yield to maturity is 3.00% while annual yield is 3.00% * 2=6.00%
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