With the following information:
|
Maturity (year) |
ZCB Price |
|
0.25 |
0.988 |
|
0.5 |
0.971 |
|
0.75 |
0.953 |
|
1 |
0.933 |
(a) If you want to borrow $100,000 6 months later for 3 months with an FRA, what is the forward rate (effectively for 3 months)?
(b) Suppose 6 months later, the 3-month annualized spot rate is 5%. What is the settlement amount of the FRA if settle at initiation?
With the following information: Maturity (year) ZCB Price 0.25 0.988 0.5 0.971 0.75 0.953 1 0.933...
Bond Period Year Coupon Price YTM Spot Forward A 1 0.5 4.8 101.78 1.22% 1.22% 1.22% B 2 1 5.4 102.25 3.10% 3.12% 5.05% C 3 1.5 6.2 101.34 5.26% 5.35% 9.87% D 4 2 8.1 106.4 4.71% 4.76% 3.01% The table above reports the prices and coupons of four bonds, as well as some implied rates. The coupons are paid semiannually. The rates in the table are APR (Answers should also be APR.) Forward rates for a period start...
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PROBLEM №1
What is a forward price of an index JKL given the following
information?
Date of pricing: November 15, 2019
Time till expiration: four months / Contract expires on March
15, 2020
Current value of an index: 2 803
Continuously compounded interest rate: 4.5 %
Continuously compounded dividend yield: 2.3%
PROBLEM №2
What is the value of the forward contract (specified in
problem №1) on January 15, 2020 if:
Forward price of contract with the same underlying...
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