2. Your sister has been offered a 5-year bond with a P1,000 par value and a 7 percent coupon rate. This bond's interest is paid semi-annually. If your sister is to earn a nominal rate of return of 9 percent, compounded semi-annually, how much should she pay for the bond?

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Rules for Bond Valuation Problem Solving:

a. For the "PV FACTOR in computing the PV of the coupon and PV for the maturity value/ principal use until 8-9th decimal place" before multiplying the coupon payment or future value.
Example: ___x 2.123456789 or 22.12345678
b. For "COMPOUNDED RATES" include all decimals in the rate (do not round off).
Example semi-annual: 13%/2 =0.065
c. For the "VALUE OF THE BOND/ PRICE OF THE BOND" round off your answers and final answers into whole numbers.
Example: 824.59= 825

 

2. Your sister has been offered a 5-year bond with a P1,000 par value and a 7 percent coupon rate. This bond's interest is paid semi-annually. If your sister is to earn a nominal rate of return of 9 percent, compounded semi-annually, how much should she pay for the bond? 

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