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Chapter 14 - Bond Prices and Yields CFA PROBLEMS 1. a. A sinking fund provision requires the early redemption of a bond issue. The provision may be for a specific number of bonds or a percentage of the bond issue over a specified time period. The sinking fund can retire all or a portion of an issue over the life of the issue. b. (i) Compared to a bond without a sinking fund, the sinking fund reduces the average life of the overall issue because some of the bonds are retired prior to the stated maturity. (ii) The company will make the same total principal payments over the life of the issue, although the timing of these payments will be affected. The total interest payments associated with the issue will be reduced given the early redemption of principal. c. From the investor’s point of view, the key reason for demanding a sinking fund is to reduce credit risk. Default risk is reduced by the orderly retirement of the issue. 2. a. (i) Current yield = Coupon/Price = $70/$960 = 0.0729 = 7.29% (ii) YTM = 3.993% semiannually or 7.986% annual bond equivalent yield. On a financial calculator, enter: n = 10; PV = –960; FV = 1000; PMT = 35 Compute the interest rate. (iii) Realized compound yield is 4.166% (semiannually), or 8.332% annual bond equivalent yield. To obtain this value, first find the future value (FV) of reinvested coupons and principal. There will be six payments of $35 each, reinvested semiannually at 3% per period. On a financial calculator, enter: PV = 0; PMT = 35; n = 6; i = 3%. Compute: FV = 226.39 Three years from now, the bond will be selling at the par value of $1,000 because the yield to maturity is forecast to equal the cou