FIN 302 Lecture 6: Lecture 4 Chapter 7

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A debt contract representing a loan made by investors to the issuing firm or government. Bond holders" senior claim on the issuer"s cash flow: the seniority is relative to stockholders, both in case of default and non- default , stream of fixed income. Important terms: face value: fv, coupon payment: c, coupon rate: rc = c/fv, maturity: t, yield or yield to maturity: r = market interest rate for bond. Three important rates: yield to maturity: interest rate r that makes bond price equal to the present value of fixed income stream, coupon rate = c/fv, current yield = c / b. Two sources for bond income: return from coupon payment, return from expected bond price appreciation. Ytm = current yield + capital gains yield. Bond that does not pay any periodic coupon payments. Discount bonds always sell at a discount, but not all bonds selling at a discount are discount bonds.

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