S student Guest 24 Sep 2009 #1 Can someone please show me how the Yield to Maturity has been calculated: Bond - Irish Gov. Coupon - 4% Redemption Date - 11 November 2011 Price - 102.50 Yield to Maturity - 3.03% An investor buys €1million nominal of bonds on 12th Feb 2009 at a clean price of 102.50. 1 million x 102.50 = 1,025,000 + 93 days accrued interest = 10,191.78 Total = 1,035,191.78 Cashflow 11/11/2009 - 40,000 11/11/2010 - 40,000 11/11/2011 - 1,040,000 Question - How is the 3.03% YTM calculated?
Can someone please show me how the Yield to Maturity has been calculated: Bond - Irish Gov. Coupon - 4% Redemption Date - 11 November 2011 Price - 102.50 Yield to Maturity - 3.03% An investor buys €1million nominal of bonds on 12th Feb 2009 at a clean price of 102.50. 1 million x 102.50 = 1,025,000 + 93 days accrued interest = 10,191.78 Total = 1,035,191.78 Cashflow 11/11/2009 - 40,000 11/11/2010 - 40,000 11/11/2011 - 1,040,000 Question - How is the 3.03% YTM calculated?
J jpd Registered User Messages 4,372 25 Sep 2009 #2 A quick way to estimate the YTM is as follows:- Nominal interest rate is 4% Purchase price is € 102.50 Gross yield if 4 / 102.50 * 100 = 3.90% Bond is paid back at par ie € 100 so there will be a capital loss of 102.50 - 100.00 = € 2.50 This will occur in 2 years 9 months ie Feb 2009 - Nov 2011 or 2.75 years Average loss per year = 2.50 / 2.75 = 0.91% So estimate of net yield to maturity = 3.90 - 0.91 = 2.99% The actual calculation is more complicated. See here http://thismatter.com/money/bonds/bond-yields.htm or here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yield_to_maturity
A quick way to estimate the YTM is as follows:- Nominal interest rate is 4% Purchase price is € 102.50 Gross yield if 4 / 102.50 * 100 = 3.90% Bond is paid back at par ie € 100 so there will be a capital loss of 102.50 - 100.00 = € 2.50 This will occur in 2 years 9 months ie Feb 2009 - Nov 2011 or 2.75 years Average loss per year = 2.50 / 2.75 = 0.91% So estimate of net yield to maturity = 3.90 - 0.91 = 2.99% The actual calculation is more complicated. See here http://thismatter.com/money/bonds/bond-yields.htm or here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yield_to_maturity