The meaning of Interest Rates - Dynamic Behavior of Bond Prices

9 important questions on The meaning of Interest Rates - Dynamic Behavior of Bond Prices

What happens when a bod trades at discount?

Its yield to maturity will exceed its coupon rate

What happens when a coupon bond trades at premium?

It will earn a return from receiving the coupons but this return will be diminished by receiving a face value less than the price paid for the bond.

What will coupon bonds mostly initially trade at?

Most coupon bonds have a coupon rate so that the bonds will initially trade at, or very close to par.
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– Suppose that Proctor & Gamble issued a bond
that has seven years remaining until maturity, a
$1000 face value, and a 4% coupon rate with
annual coupon payments.
– If the current market interest rate is 3%, what is bond’s premium or discount?
– What if the current market rate is 6%?

The price of the bond will be 1062.30 at 3% market rate so the premium is $62.30
The price of the bond will be 888.35 at market rate 6% so the discount is $111.65

Toward what kind of value ill the price of discount or premium bond move over time?

Toward par value

What happens to the IRR when the bond's yield to maturity has not changed?

The IRR of an investment in the bond equals its yield of maturity even if you sell the bond early

Explain the inverse relationship between interest rates and bond prices

– As interest rates and bond yields rise, bond
prices fall.
– As interest rates and bond yields fall, bond
prices rise.

The University of Pennsylvania sold $300 million
of 100-year bonds with a yield to maturity of
4.67%. Assuming the bonds were sold at par
and pay an annual coupon, by what percentage
will the price of the bond change if its yield to
maturity decreases by 1%? Increases by 2%?

A) price increases by 26.5%
b) price increases by 29.9%
see slide 126/7

What must the price of a coupon bond equal to? + formula

the present value of its coupon payments and
face value.

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