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问题如下:
Using the following US Treasury spot rates, the arbitrage-free value of a two-year $100 par value Treasury bond with a 6% coupon rate is closest to:
选项:
A.$107.03. B.$105.65. C.$99.75.解释:
B is correct. The value of the bond is
A is incorrect because it treats the spot rates as forward rates.
C is incorrect because it does not divide the annual spot rates by two in the calculation.
考点:Pricing Bonds with Spot Rates
解析:通过未来现金流折现求和,可得债券价格为105.65。注意,由于债券半年付息一次,因此表格中的spot rate和coupon rate都需要去年化,前三期的coupon为3,第四期的coupon为103。