1. Suppose you want to know the price of a 10-year 7% coupon Treasury bond that pays interest annually.
a. You have been told that the yield to maturity is 8%. What is the price?
b. What is the price if coupons are paid semiannually, and the yield to maturity is 8% per year?
c. Now you have been told that the yield to maturity is 7% per year. What is the price? Could you have guessed the answer without calculating it? What if coupons are paid semiannually?