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If interest is paid 5 times per year (number of periods), and the periodic interest rate is 0.93%, what is the bond equivalent yield, stated as a percent?
Hint: The periodic rate is the rate for the compounding period. If the bond compounded 12 times per year, the rate given above would be a monthly rate.
Can anyone please solve this?
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The bond equivalent yield (BEY) is a metric that lets you calculate the annual percentage yield of fixed income securities, even if they pay out in different periods, e.g. monthly, quarterly, or 5 times a year as per your example.
In other words – what is the equivalent annual % yield of this security?
The way I think about it is – if you had this security for one year (renewing as necessary), how much profit would you make from it?
So it says in your question that 0.93% is compounding at 5 times a year. So to calculate the profit you’ll get over a year:
Bond equivalent yield = 1.00935 = 1.047 = 4.7%
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