7. Consider a one-year coupon bond with face value of $100 and coupon payment equal...

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7. Consider a one-year coupon bond with face value of $100 and coupon payment equal to $10 paid every 6 months. The market interest rate on similar coupon

bonds is 12%.

SHOW ALL STEPS.

(a) Find the price of the one-year coupon bond.

(b) Assume a one-year zero coupon bond is priced at $93. Find the bonds

yield to maturity.

(c) The current yield on 6 mo. bonds is 7%.

(d) Create a synthetic one-year zero-coupon bond from the coupon bond.

(e) Find the profitable arbitrage possibility. Show carefully why this works by

filling in the table below to show the cash flows.

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