Topic 3- Valuing Bonds and Stocks Flashcards
What is an asset from a finance perspective and how is it thus valued?
A sequence of cash flows so the value of an asset is the value of all its future cash flow
What are the 5 basic features of a bond?
- Bond is a security that obligates the issuer to make specified payments to the holder of it
- Bond holders do not own the entity that issues the bond
- Bonds are IOUs
- Bond issuers pay a fixed amount of interest periodically to the bond holder and repays a fixed amount of principal at the date of maturity
- Debt instruments are characterised by maturity
What are the 2 types of participating bond investors?
- Individual investors
- Institutional investors
What are the 3 types of participating bond issuers?
- Government and its agencies
- State and local political subdivisions
- Corporations
Give 4 types of government bonds
- Treasury securities: treasury bills, notes, gilts
- TIPS (Treasury inflation-protected securities)
- Treasury STRIPS
- Securities issued by government agencies
What are debentures?
Unsecured bonds
What are subordinated/junior debentures?
Bonds with a lower priority in the event of bankruptcy
What are senior bonds?
Secured bonds
How are bond prices quoted?
They are quoted as a percentage of par value
What is the clean/flat price of a bond?
The quoted bond price
What is the dirty price of a bond?
The actual bond price
What is the formula for the dirty price of a bond?
Dirty price = clean price + accrued interest
What is the face/par value of a bond or principal?
Payment at the maturity of the bond
What is the coupon of a bond?
The interest payments paid to the bond holder
What is the coupon/annual rate of a bond?
Annual interest payment as a percentage of face value
What is the maturity rate of a bond?
Date when all coupon payments are made and principal repaid; bond’s official termination date
What is the current yield in a bond quote?
Coupon ÷ Market price
What does the net change in a bond quote show?
How much percent of par value the bond has increased since yesterday
What is Yield To Maturity (YTM)?
The opportunity cost of capital, or discount rate, of a bond