A 3-year, 3.

Using the semi-annual periods implied by the answer set, the coupon payment is $3.25 ÷ 2 = $1.625 every six months. The bond will also appreciate by $4.28 from its current price of $95.72 to its $100 par value over six semi-annual periods, giving approximately $0.7133 of price appreciation per period. The approximate periodic yield is therefore ($1.625 + $0.7133) ÷ (($100 + $95.72) ÷ 2) ≈ 2.39% , making D the intended answer. IFC describes YTM as incorporating the bond ' s market price, coupon, capital gain or loss to maturity, time to maturity, and reinvestment of coupons. Strictly annualized, this periodic result would be approximately 4.78%; that value is not among the supplied options, so the question is using the semi-annual periodic approximation.

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