The treasurer of a large corporation wants to inve... Bookmark The treasurer of a large corporation wants to invest $20 million in excess short-term cash in a particular money market investment.
The prospectus quotes the instrument at a true yield of 3.15 percent; that is, the EAR for this investment is 3.15 percent.
However, the treasurer wants to know the money market yield on this instrument to make it comparable to the T-bills and CDs she has already bought. If the term of the instrument is 90 days, what are the bond equivalent and discount yields on this investment?
Please explain how you get the result.I am confused.. 0.0315 = {(1 + (i/ 4)} ^(4) -1 (1 + (i/ 4) = (1.0315)^(1/4) (1 + (i/ 4) = 1.00778365 Hence i = 0.031135 = 3.114% Bond equivalent yield = 3.114%
Bond equivalent yield = 3.114%
0.03114= [(100 -Price) /Price] *(360 /90)
0.03114= [(100 -Price) /Price] *4
[(100 -Price) /Price] = 0.007785
Price =$99.228
= [(100 - 99.228) /100] * (360 /90)
= 0.0077249 * 4
=0.030899 or 0.0309
=3.090%