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Bond
interest only loan - a form of debt
coupon
initial amount
face/ par value
principal amount paid when bond matures
maturity
refers to the final payment of a loan
yield to maturity
going rate on the market for bonds of similar risk
Discount rate
used to value a bond
discount bond
a bond that is trading for less than par value
premium bond
a bond that is trading above par value
interest rate risk
risk that investments value will change due to a change in the absolute level of interest rates
reinvestment rate risk
chance an investor will not be able to reinvest cash flows from an investment at a rate equal to the investments current rate of return
realized yield
calculated when you sell a bond before its maturity date
bonds current yield
annual coupon / price
indenture
document outlining the basic terms of bonds
zero coupon bonds
bonds that do not offer any interest. Sell at a discount (Ex. T bills and T bonds)
debenture
bonds that have no security provisions
call provision
corporation can require you to sell back the bond at a call price
deferred call
not allowed to exercise call provision
floating coupon bond
coupon rates float according to some index, less interest rate risk
municipal bonds
are usually exempt from federal income tax
federal bonds
exempt from state and local tax but may be taxed at the federal level
bid price
price that a dealer or broker is prepared to pay for
ask price
lowest price a seller is willing to sell at
the norm yield curve on a bond
an upward sloping yield curve, in which short term devt instruments have a lower yield than long term debt instrument of the same credit quality
dividend yield of common stock
annual dividend / current stock price