Consider a bond selling at par of $1,000 with a coupon rate of 5% semi-annualcoupon payment, and 10 years to maturity.(a) What is the price of this bond if the required yield is 15%?(b) What is the price of this bond if the required yield increases from 15% to 16%,and by what percentage did the price of this bond change?(c) What is the price of this bond if the required yield is 5%?(d) What is the price of this bond if the required yield increases from 5% to 6%, andby what percentage did the price of this bond change?(e) From your answers of parts (b) & (d), what can you say about the relative pricevolatility of a bond in a high-interest-rate environment compared to alow-interest-rate environment?
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