Bonds and Treasuries

2016

A savings bond is like a check that you put into the bank. Over time it grows to its full amount. After x amount of years, you can take it out at the full price. If you withdraw it too early, you won't get all the person/association gave you for the savings bond.

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The U.S. government issues several types of bonds, primarily including Treasury bills (T-bills), Treasury notes (T-notes), and Treasury bonds (T-bonds). T-bills are short-term securities maturing in one year or less, while T-notes have maturities ranging from two to ten years. T-bonds are long-term securities with maturities of 20 to 30 years. Additionally, the government also issues Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) to help protect investors from inflation.

The current yield on the 10 year US government bond is 2.07 percent. Since the 10 year treasury is backed by the full faith and credit of the US government it is considered risk free and is therefore used as a benchmark for the pricing of other debt securities of similar maturities.

In five years.

Know the bond's face value, then, find the bond's coupon interest rate at the time the bond was issued or bought, then, multiply the bond's face value by the coupon interest rate it had when issued, then, know when your bond's interest payments are made, finally, multiply the product of the bond's face value and interest rate by the number of months in between payments.

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I believe the answer is $1,000,000

Callable is the designation of a bond that can be paid off earlier than its maturity date.

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Go to your bank. Sign the back. The teller will assist you. If the bond has not matured, wait until after the first of the next month, if possible.

They would buy it only if it paid a high interest rate, or if it were being sold at a steep discount

Liquidity is used to describe how quickly securities can be traded.

Credit Suisse High Yield Bond Fund (DHY) had its IPO in 1998.

An accrual bond is a fixed-interest bond which is issued at face value and repaid at the end of the maturity period along with the accrued interest.

As of July 2014, the market cap for Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc (ESD) is $570,615,469.79.

As of July 2014, the market cap for Intelsat S.A. (I) is $2,042,023,000.00.

As of July 2014, the market cap for F.N.B. Corporation (FNB) is $2,090,322,793.44.

A yield to maturity is the internal rate of return on a bond held to maturity, assuming scheduled payment of principal and interest.

As of July 2014, the market cap for Exa Corporation (EXA) is $124,756,108.56.

The minimum denomination is $50.00

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The personal savings rate has not increased in the United States since 1980. During the early 1970's the savings rate was often in excess of 12.5 percent but dipped as low as 2.5 percent in 2000 and 2008. After the financial crisis of 2008 the savings rate briefly spiked to over 7.5 percent but has since declined to a current rate of about 4.0 percent.

The reasons for the large decline in savings has been the subject of debate and study by economists. Some of the reasons why Americans find it so hard to save may be due to a higher cost of living and the lack of wage growth but the net result is that many Americans are in a perilous financial situation due to the inability to save. Recent surveys show that as many as 40 percent of Americans could not come up with as little as $2,000 in an emergency.