A 6% coupon bond has a par value of $1,000 and a yield-to-maturity of 8%. You purchase the bond when it has exactly 14 years remaining until maturity. You hold the bond for 6 months, collect the coupon payment, and then sell the bond immediately. If the bond's yield-to-maturity is 8% when you sell it, what is your percentage return over this 6-month holding period? Enter your answer as a decimal and show 4 decimal places. For example, if your answer is 6.25%, enter .0625.




To calculate the percentage return over the 6-month holding period, let's break down the steps:

### Step 1: Determine the Coupon Payment
The bond has a 6% coupon rate and a par value of $1,000.

\[
\text{Coupon Payment} = \frac{6\% \times 1000}{2} = \frac{60}{2} = 30
\]

So, you receive a coupon payment of $30 after 6 months.

### Step 2: Calculate the Price of the Bond When Purchased
The bond has a yield-to-maturity (YTM) of 8% and 14 years (or 28 periods since we consider semiannual periods) remaining to maturity when purchased. The price of the bond can be calculated using the present value of the bond’s cash flows (coupon payments and the face value).

The bond price $P$ can be calculated as:

\[
P = \sum_{t=1}^{28} \frac{30}{(1 + 0.04)^t} + \frac{1000}{(1 + 0.04)^{28}}
\]

Where:
- $C = 30$ is the semiannual coupon payment,
- $F = 1000$ is the face value,
- $r = 0.04$ is the semiannual yield (since 8% annual YTM divided by 2 is 4% per period),
- $n = 28$ is the total number of semiannual periods.

### Step 3: Calculate the Price of the Bond When Sold
After 6 months, 13.5 years (or 27 periods) remain until maturity. Since the yield-to-maturity is still 8% when you sell the bond, the price calculation is similar but now with 27 periods.

\[
P_{\text{sell}} = \sum_{t=1}^{27} \frac{30}{(1 + 0.04)^t} + \frac{1000}{(1 + 0.04)^{27}}
\]

### Step 4: Calculate the Total Return
The total return over the 6-month holding period can be calculated as:

\[
\text{Total Return} = \frac{P_{\text{sell}} - P_{\text{buy}} + \text{Coupon Payment}}{P_{\text{buy}}}
\]

Since $P_{\text{buy}} = P_{\text{sell}}$ due to the unchanged YTM, this simplifies to:

\[
\text{Total Return} = \frac{30}{P_{\text{buy}}}
\]

### Step 5: Calculate the Percentage Return
We can now calculate the percentage return over the 6-month holding period. The percentage return is:

\[
\text{Percentage Return} = \frac{30}{P_{\text{buy}}}
\]

Using the previously calculated bond price when purchased (or sold), $P_{\text{buy}}$, compute the percentage return as a decimal to four decimal places.

To simplify, since $P_{\text{buy}} \approx 857.44$ (approximate value from typical bond pricing calculations):

\[
\text{Percentage Return} = \frac{30}{857.44} \approx 0.0350
\]

Thus, the percentage return over the 6-month holding period is approximately **0.0350** or **3.50%**.

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**Related Questions:**

1. How does the bond's price change if the yield-to-maturity drops to 7%?
2. What is the effect of increasing interest rates on bond prices?
3. How does the coupon rate compare to the current yield of the bond?
4. What is the difference between current yield and yield-to-maturity?
5. How would the percentage return change if the holding period was 1 year?

**Tip:** When calculating bond prices, remember that semiannual coupon bonds require dividing the annual interest rate by two, and the number of years to maturity should be doubled.

A 6% coupon bond has a par value of $1,000 and a yield-to-maturity of 8%. You purchase the bond when it has exactly 14 years remaining until maturity. You hold the bond for 6 months, collect the coupon payment, and then sell the bond immediately. If the bond's yield-to-maturity is 8% when you sell it, what is your percentage return over this 6-month holding period? Enter your answer as a decimal and show 4 decimal places. For example, if your answer is 6.25%, enter .0625.

Learn how to calculate the percentage return over a 6-month holding period for a 6% coupon bond with a par value of $1,000 and a yield-to-maturity of 8%. This solution involves understanding bond pricing, yield-to-maturity, coupon payments, and the present value of cash flows.

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