FIN 401 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Interest Rate Risk, Unsecured Debt, Premium Bond

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In our example, the regular interest payments that alcan promises to make are called the bond"s coupons. The stated interest payment made on a bond: the amount repaid at the end of the loan is called the bond"s face value or par value. 1,000 = 12%; so the bond has a 12 percent coupon rate: the number of years until the face value is paid is called the bond"s time to maturity. A corporate bond would frequently have a maturity of 30 years when it is originally issued, but this varies. Once the bond has been issued, the number of years to maturity declines as time goes by. When interest rates rise, the present value of the bond"s remaining cash flows declines, and the bond is worth less. This interest rate required in the market on a bond is called the bond"s yield to maturity (ytm).

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