Question
Suppose a zero-coupon bond is selling for $614.00 today. It promises to pay $1,000 in exactly 10 years with annual compounding. Its annual rate of return would be about
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bobpursley
1000=614(1+i)^10
1000/614=(1+i)^10
taking log of each side
.2188= 10 log(1+i)
.02188=log(1+i)
1-i= 10^ .2188=1.05167
i= 5.167percent
Double check all that, it is slightly off
1000/614=(1+i)^10
taking log of each side
.2188= 10 log(1+i)
.02188=log(1+i)
1-i= 10^ .2188=1.05167
i= 5.167percent
Double check all that, it is slightly off
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