You are employed by an investment bank to estimate the value of a coupon-paying bond with the following features. It has a face value of $100,000, pays quarterly coupons at a rate of 10% p.a. and the market required yield to maturity is 8% p.a. compounding quarterly. There is one full quarter until the next payment will be received and the bond matures in 4 years. Which of the following is closest to the market value of the bond? Group of answer choices A) $106,789 B) Need more information to answer the question C) $105,288 D) $93,473 E) $94,871

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You are employed by an investment bank to estimate the value of a coupon-paying bond with the following features. It has a face value of $100,000, pays quarterly coupons at a rate of 10% p.a. and the market required yield to maturity is 8% p.a. compounding quarterly. There is one full quarter until the next payment will be received and the bond matures in 4 years. Which of the following is closest to the market value of the bond?
Group of answer choices
A) $106,789
B) Need more information to answer the question
C) $105,288
D) $93,473
E) $94,871
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