You buy the 6 percent coupon bond today and the price of the bond is $1.012. Par value of the bond is $1.000. The maturity of the bond is 3 years. a) According to the information given above, what will be the bond’s yield to maturity?  b) If the bond has currently 3 years left to maturity and suppose that by the end of the year, interest rates have changed and the bond’s yield to maturity is now only 4%. What will be the bond’s rate of return?

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You buy the 6 percent coupon bond today and the price of the bond is $1.012. Par value of the bond is $1.000. The maturity of the bond is 3 years.
a) According to the information given above, what will be the bond’s yield to maturity? 
b) If the bond has currently 3 years left to maturity and suppose that by the end of the year, interest rates have changed and the bond’s yield to maturity is now only 4%. What will be the bond’s rate of return
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