Enclosed is a list of current rates on Government bonds. http://investment-income.net/rates/government-bonds-rate-page
0.15%
Debt securities issued by a government for the purpose of financing military operations during times of war. It is an emotional appeal to patriotic citizens to lend the government their money because these bonds offer a rate of return below the market rate.
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Municipal bonds can have a good rate of return. They can also have high capital gain taxes. Letting these bonds grow to maturity can ensure maximum returns.
It depends on the bond, there is no fixed rate.
Most investors tends to buy corporate bonds cause its risky thus the rate of return are grater than those of government bonds most of the time, while bonds are much more safer than most stocks.
I-bonds have an annual rate of interest. The best way to find the current rate of interest for an I-bond is to go to the website www.treasurydirect.gov and look up the rate.
The difference between the coupon rate and the required return of a bond is dependent upon the type of bond. Junk bonds will have the biggest difference between its return and the coupon rate.
War Bonds: Debt securities issued by a government for the purpose of financing military operations during times of war. It is an emotional appeal to patriotic citizens to lend the government their money because these bonds offer a rate of return below the market rate. Investopedia Says... At first they were called Defense Bonds and issued by the U.S. Government, but that name was changed to War Bonds after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941. The bonds were zero-coupon bonds that sold for 75% of their face value in denominations from $10 to $100,000. To get an idea of the relative value of a dollar in 1942, in current terms, something that cost $1.00 in 1942, would cost around $11.00 in 2002.
junk bonds
par value
Difference enters bond's coupon interest rate the current yield y bondholder's required rate of return?