Suppose a bond has a par of $1000 and annual coupon rate of 7%. It pays coupon annually. An investor purchased the bond at par value. Suppose one year passed and YTM increases to 9%, and now it has five years left in its life and the investor sold the bond. What is the investor's total holding period return over the one year period?

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Seth Odonnell

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6 December, 17:14

Suppose a bond has a par of $1000 and annual coupon rate of 7%. It pays coupon annually. An investor purchased the bond at par value. Suppose one year passed and YTM increases to 9%, and now it has five years left in its life and the investor sold the bond. What is the investor's total holding period return over the one year period?

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Brodie Ayala · Answer 1

-0.78%

Explanation:

Firstly, we need to calculate the bond price after one year, which is the sum of discounted coupon payment plus the par value

New bond price = 70 / (1 + 9%) + 70 / (1 + 9%) ^2 + ... + 70 / (1 + 9%) ^5 + 1000 / (1 + 9%) ^5 = 922.21

The holding period return includes:

1. Income gain = 70/1000 = 7%

2. Capital gain = 922.21/1000 - 1 = - 7.78%

Total return = 7% - 7.78% = - 0.78%