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Financial Market Problems and Formulas
Financial Market Problems and Formulas
PROBLEM SOLVING.
Instructions: Read and understand each problem, provide what is ask. On a paper, show all the
necessary computations to support your answer; box your final answer. Scan each paper and save in
one pdf file only. Name the files as LASTNAME FT_SW2. Good luck.
Current Yield
NO. 1.A 12-year bond pays an annual coupon of 8.5 percent. The bond has a yield to maturity of
9.60 percent and a par value of P1, 000. What is the bond’s current yield?
Bond Value
NO. 2.A 10-year bond with a 9 percent semiannual coupon is currently selling at par. A 10-year
bond with a 9 percent annual coupon has the same risk, and therefore, the same effective
annual return as the semiannual bond. If the annual coupon bond has a face value of P1, 200,
what will be its price?
Coupon rate
NO. 3.Cold Boxes Ltd. has 100 bonds outstanding (maturity value = P1, 000). The nominal required
rate of return on these bonds is currently 10 percent, and interest is paid semiannually. The
bonds mature in 5 years, and their current market value is P768 per bond. What is the annual
coupon interest rate?
YTM
NO. 4.Palmer Products has outstanding bonds with an annual 8 percent coupon. The bonds have a
par value of P1, 000 and a price of P865. The bonds will mature in 11 years. What is the yield to
maturity on the bonds?
1
FORMULAS ( for Reference)
Present Value of 1 = ( 1 + ) P= + +… + + or
(1+ )1 (1+ )2 (1+ ) (ퟏ+풊)풏
Future Value of 1 = 1 ÷ ( 1 + )
P = Coupon x PVOA of 1 + Face Value of
the Bond x PV of 1
FV Ordinary Annuity of 1 = [ (1+ ) −1
]
퐹푉−푃푉
+
YTM =
FV Annuity Due of 1 =FVOA x ( 1 + i ) 퐹푉−푃푉
2
1
1− ิิ 푃݅ ݎ푒−푀ݎn푒L푉ิi푒
(1+ ) MinM +푁i푚푏푒 ݎM푓 푌푒ݎ푠 i L ิ ิิ
PVOA of 1 = [ ] YTC =
ิิ 푃݅ ݎ푒+푀ݎn푒L 푃݅ ݎ푒
2
PV Annuity Due of 1 = PVOA X (1 +i) Coupon rate x Face Value
Current Yield =
푀ݎn푒L 푃݅ ݎ푒
Constant growth
D
P0 = 1
k−g
2
Non - Constant growth (from the start) and Constant growth (towards the end)
D1 D Dn P
P0 = + 2 + ..
(1+ k)1 (1+ k)2
+ n
(1+ k)n (1+ k)n
Dn
࣎݅ ݅ ∶ =
k−g
Dividend yield
DY= D1/P0