You buy a 20-year bond with a coupon rate of 10.0% that has a yield to maturity of 11.0%. (Assume a face value of $1,000 and semiannual coupon payments.) Six months later, the yield to maturity is 12.0%. What is your return over the 6 months? (Do not round Intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign.) Answer is complete but not entirely correct. Rate of return 2.10
You buy a 20-year bond with a coupon rate of 10.0% that has a yield to maturity of 11.0%. (Assume a face value of $1,000 and semiannual coupon payments.) Six months later, the yield to maturity is 12.0%. What is your return over the 6 months? (Do not round Intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign.) Answer is complete but not entirely correct. Rate of return 2.10
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![Problem 6-18 Bond Returns (L03)
You buy a 20-year bond with a coupon rate of 10.0% that has a yield to maturity of 11.0%. (Assume a face value of
$1,000 and semiannual coupon payments.) Six months later, the yield to maturity is 12.0%. What is your return over
the 6 months? (Do not round Intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal
places. Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign.)
Answer is complete but not entirely correct.
Rate of
return
2.10%](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fa6785350-74cd-4299-b0bd-eab7d1404b44%2Fa4a168c8-66b3-439a-96c9-62d8c90e872c%2Flnnx4iw_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Problem 6-18 Bond Returns (L03)
You buy a 20-year bond with a coupon rate of 10.0% that has a yield to maturity of 11.0%. (Assume a face value of
$1,000 and semiannual coupon payments.) Six months later, the yield to maturity is 12.0%. What is your return over
the 6 months? (Do not round Intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal
places. Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign.)
Answer is complete but not entirely correct.
Rate of
return
2.10%
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