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An analyst calculates the value of a corporate bond with an annual coupon rate of 3.25% and three years left to maturity. The analyst constructs the binomial interest rate tree as follows:
Year 0 Year 1 Year 2
--- --- 8.1823%
--- 6.0139% ---
3.0000% --- 6.6991%
--- 4.9238% ---
--- --- 5.4848%
Year 0 Year 1 Year 2
--- --- 8.1823%
--- 6.0139% ---
3.0000% --- 6.6991%
--- 4.9238% ---
--- --- 5.4848%
The discount factors for years 1, 2, and 3 are 0.9709, 0.9206, and 0.8623, respectively.
Assuming the recovery rate is 40% and the annual probability of default is 1.50%, the fair value of the bond is closest to: