CFA Video: Bond Valuation

CFA Video: Bond Valuation

 

A 10-year bond paying 5% coupon annually with par value = $1000 is priced at $984. It still has 2 years to mature. If the 1-year and 2-year Treasury strip rates are 5% and 6% respectively, would you buy the bond?

 

Answer:

 

         Cash flows

         One year after: Coupon payment = $50

        

Two years after: Coupon + Principal = $50+$1000=$1050

         Present Value

         = 50/1.05+1050/1.062 = $982 < market price ($984)

        

Therefore, NOT buy

14 Comments

someoneNovember 6th, 2009 at 5:39 pm

your english sucks

EditorNovember 7th, 2009 at 7:06 am

Yes, too much room for improvement! Still thanks for visiting!

AerohitNovember 8th, 2009 at 6:35 pm

Your english is just fine.

You dont need to be like them. They need to be like you.

swetaNovember 23rd, 2009 at 2:07 pm

english sucks but thanks

ghettofabolousDecember 3rd, 2009 at 10:41 pm

English is not a problem someone and Aerohit the problem is solving CFA quetions no wonder CFA instutute dont grade canditates english proficiency

anonDecember 28th, 2009 at 6:49 pm

don’t you receive 2 years of coupons?

Jitendra NikamJanuary 19th, 2010 at 6:02 am

Thank you, for your useful information on Bonds….and one more thing I don’t find any problem with English…..explaining concept is important than language. And you explained it very well…..Thank you once again :)

RaghuramFebruary 17th, 2010 at 4:16 am

I find it as a useful stuff. Language is not a problem at all

MicFebruary 22nd, 2010 at 2:09 pm

In fact is you can’t answer yes or no because the question does not tell you the risk level of the bond compare to treasury bond. I can’t assume that all bond have higher risk than treasury bond, right?

babuMay 29th, 2010 at 7:34 am

awesome explanation!! thanks a lot for making these concepts for us very easy to understand!!

ramanathanJuly 5th, 2010 at 6:47 am

good and simple explanation. thanks for the video. ramanathan

anoMarch 16th, 2011 at 10:37 pm

your english is awfull

xezoMarch 27th, 2011 at 10:30 pm

awesome explanation!! thanks a lot for making these concepts for us very easy to understand!! Language is not a problem at all keep it up

ggMay 6th, 2011 at 11:54 am

good explanation

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