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  • November 16, 2018 at 2:38 am #484951
    danique
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    In calculating the coupon rate for the new bond I calculated using 5.57 as the rate and 107.81 as the market value and got 3.94% and then realised it’s differnt from the solution for the question by the 0.37 basis points.

    Then I re-calculated using 5.20 asthe rate and 107.08 as MV and got 3.54% differnt to the solution by .03

    In the exam if I chose any of these ways would it be correct? As the Macaulay Duration would be calculated based on this……

    November 16, 2018 at 6:28 pm #485019
    John Moffat
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    Yes – IRR calculations are always slightly different if different ‘guesses’ are used. You would not lose marks if your workings were correct – the marks are for the workings and not for the final answer 🙂

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