Book yield, also called yield to maturity can be calculated by the time period rooted of the face value over the present value minus one. The book yield is a percentage that shows how much the bond gains a year until its maturity.
Book yield, also called yield to maturity can be calculated by the time period rooted of the face value over the present value minus one. The book yield is a percentage that shows how much the bond gains a year until its maturity.
Yield usually refers to yield to maturity. If a bond is trading at par it usually means the yield to maturity is equal to the coupon.
The yield to maturity represents the promised yield on a bond
The yield to maturity represents the promised yield on a bond
The promised yield to maturity calculation assumes
A yield to maturity is the internal rate of return on a bond held to maturity, assuming scheduled payment of principal and interest.
as yield to maturity increases the bonds price decreases, because a higher yield to maturity means its riskier to investors
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Yield to maturity assumes that the bond is held up to the maturity date. This is a disadvantage. If the bond is a yield to call , it can be called prior to the maturity date. Thus, the ivestor should sell the callable bond prior to maturity if he expects that he will earn higer return by doing so (in other words when yeild to call is higher than held to maturity).
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Compute the current price of the bond if percent yield to maturity is 7%