finance lec 6 - valuing bonds and shares Flashcards
what is a issuer/borrowe
person who issues/sells bond
what is the purpose of a bond
borrowing money today for the purpose of future payments
who is responsibble for future payments of the bond
isssuer
what is issue date
date bond 1st issued to the market
bonds are issued for the first time by the borrower in which market
primary market
when issued for fisrt time in primary markets how does issuer receive money
directly from investors
maturity date
latest date the owner of the bond can claim teh cashflows associated with the bond
what is a tenor
a fixed measure of time over which you as the issuer have the commitment to make these payments
how do we calculate the tenor
maturity date - issue date
how do we describe the tenor
fixed
what does tenor being fixed mean
no matter the point in time youre standing this is still the length of how long cf paid for
time to maturity
time left until maturity
what can time to maturity do
change
why can time to maturity change
as time goes on time to maturity decreases
principal value aka what 3 other names
par
face
nominal
what is the principla value
what you pay at issue date and the maturity of the bond
most bonds issued in multiples of
10
when a bond first issued what value is it issued at
nominal
after bond is issued value becomes a function of the
interest rate
we dont care too much about the face value unless
it was bought on the issue date
cause that’s not what you pay if you buy bond after the issue date
interest /coupon rate
reward you get on investment
coupon rates are always expressed in x terms but payments may not always be made x
annual terms
annually
are coupon rates fixed or floating
fixed
in this unit what kind of payment do we assume
annual
coupon payment equation
coupon rate x face value
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what is the owner of a bond entitled to
a fixed set of cash payments in the future
owner is known as
bond holder/lender
what is a redeemable bond
bond where at maturity you get the nominal value