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What is a bond

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long term contract under which a borrower agrees to make payments of interest and principal on specific dates to the holder of the bond

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What are the main types of bonds

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treasury bonds
corporate bonds
municipal bonds
foreign bonds

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what is the charactaristic of a treasury bond

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no default risk

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what is the characteristic of a corporate bond

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default risk

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what is the characteristic of a municipal bond

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interest is tax expemt

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what is the characteristic of a foreign bond

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additional risk

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what is the coupon interest rate of a bond

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coupon payment/par value

rate X FV = pmt’s

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What is the bonds required rate of return (rd)

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the discount rate used to calculate the PV of the bonds cash flow… also called yeild

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what is the difference between coupon rate and rd

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rd will fluctuate but coupon is a fixed rate

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How do you calculate the value of a bond

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PV of all future cash flows

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when Rd rises above the coupon rate what happens to the bond

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the value of the bond falls below par… leads to discounted bond

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a bond that has just been issued is known as a…

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new issue (for about a month)

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once the bond has been on the market for a while then what is it called?

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outstanding/seasoned bond

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As a bond (premium/discount) gets closer to maturity it gets closer to what

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bond value

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for semi annual bonds how do the inputs change

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divide rate by 2
multiply n by 2
divide payments by 2

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What are provisions to Call bond

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  • issuer can call the bond for redemption if rates go bad - good for issuer bad for the investors

bonds are more expensive since it is worse for the borrower

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what is a call premium

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if the bonds are called the company must pay the holder an amount greater than par value

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what is a deferred call?

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bond cannot be called until several years after the bond is issued

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Provisions to Redeem Bonds

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bonds that are redeemable at par at the holders option protect the holder against a rise in interest rate

if interest rates rise the holder will turn in bonds and reinvest proceeds at a higher rate

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what is a sinking fund

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provisions to pay off loan over time rather than all at maturity

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how does. a sinking fund benefit investors

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reduces their risk and shortens maturity

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what are the two ways sinking funds are generally handled

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  • call a certain percentage at par (if interest rates are below coupon and bond sells at a premium)
  • buy bond on open market (if interest rates are above coupon and bond is at a discount)
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what is a convertible bond

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owners can convert bond to fixed number of common stock shares

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what is a warrant

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option that permits the holder to buy stock at a fixed price

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what is an income bond
required to pay interest only if earnings are high enough to cover interest expense
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what is an indexed bond
the interest payments and maturity payments rise automatically when the inflation rises
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do bond yeilds vary from day to day?
yes
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what ways can a bond yield be calculated?
- yield to maturity - current yield - yield to call
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What is YTM
the rate earned on a bond if you hold it until maturity - equals expected return on if probability of default is zero and the bond cannot be called
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what function do you use to solve YTM
RATE
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What is the current yeild calculation
current yield = (annual coupon pmt/ current price)
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what is the YTM basic calculation
current yield + capital gains yield
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what information does the current yield provide
cash income a bond will generate in the current year
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what is capital gain yields equation
Cap gain yield = YTM - current yield
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what does capital gains yield represent
rate of return due to the price change
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when is a callable bond likely to be called?
when the interest rates are well below an outstanding bonds coupon rate
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how do you estimate a callable bonds rate
the yield to call rate (YTC)
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what is N and FV in the YTC
n is the time until company is allowed to call bond FV is the price company must pay in order to call bond
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if you bought a bond would you be more likely to earn YTM or YTC
investors should except a call, therefore expected return should be YTC
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what determines the markets interest rate?
Rd equation
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what is r*
the interest rate that would exist on a riskless security if no inflation were expected -rate on US treasury securities in an inflation-free world
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What is an inflation premium
the average inflation rate expected over the life of the security compensates investors for the expected loss of purchasing power
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what does treasury bill interest rate equal
risk free rate
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what do we use in general to estimate the short term risk free rate
T-bills
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what do we use in general to estimate the long term risk free rate
t-bonds
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What is the Maturity Risk Premium
The net of the interest rate risk and reinvestment risk
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what is interest rate risk
long term securities are more price sensitive to interest rate changes than short term securities
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what affect interest rate risk
length of security as well as size of coupon pmts
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what does rising rd lead to
bond prices to fall. "have to pay higher interest to holders so they get less from actual bond"
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what is the reinvestment rate risk?
short term bills are exposed to reinvestment rate risk - risk that funds will have to be reinvested in the future at lower rates, reducing income
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Maturity Risk Premium characteristics of long term bonds
high interest rate risks and low reinvestment rate risk
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Maturity Risk Premium characteristics of short term bonds
low interest rate risks, high reinvestment risks
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is MRP more affected by interest rate risk or reinvestment rate risk
interest rate risk - long term bonds usually have greater yeilds
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What is default risk premium
compensates investors for the risk that a borrower will default and hence not pay the interest or principal
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the greater the default risk the...
higher the bonds yield to maturity
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bond indenture
a legal document that spells out the rights of both bondholders and the issuing corporation
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what is a trustee
an official who represents the bond-holders and makes sure the terms of the indenture are carried out.
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can the terms of a bond contract affect default risk
yes
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what is a mortgage bond?
a corporation pledges certain assets as security
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what is a debenture
unsecured bond. their holder are creditors whose claims are protected by property not otherwise pledged
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subordinated debentures
in the event of bankruptcy, only have claims on assets after senior debtors has been paid off
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What factors affect default risk and bond ratings?
- Financial rations -Bond contract terms
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What is a liquidity premium
a liquid asset can be converted to cash quickly and at fair market value" (small company bonds tend to have a higher liquidity premium than large company bonds)
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What is structure yield curve
the relationship between interest rates (or yields) and maturities
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what does the "normal" yield curve look like
upward sloping
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what does a downward sloping yield curve signify
investors expect inflation to decrease
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What are Junk bonds
high risk, high-yield bonds

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