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Quiz1-Chapter7
Quiz1-Chapter7
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Finance
Graduate
08/21/2013

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Cards

Term
Bond:
Definition
Issuing or selling security
-Have a maturity
-paid a fixed coupon rate in percentage form (percent of par value)
Term
Par (Face) Value:
Definition
The principal amount of a bond that is repaid at the end of the term.
Term
Coupon Rate:
Definition
The amount of the coupon divided by the face value of the bond
Term
Maturity:
Definition
Specified date on which the principle amount of a bond is paid.
Term
Yield to Maturity:
Definition
The interest rate required in the market on a bond.
Term
Current Yield:
Definition
Bonds annual coupon divided by its price.
Term
Premium:
Definition
Coupon rate is higher than the YTM rate
Term
Discount Rate:
Definition
Coupon rate is less than the YTM Rate
Term
Par Value:
Definition
Coupon rate equals the rate of the YTM
Term
Difference between a premium bond rate and a discount rate is
Definition
The relationship between the coupon rate and the YTM.
Term
Zero Coupon Rate:
Definition
Is a bond that pays no coupon and it is offered at a price that is much lower than its stated value. High yield, A+, speaking of Zero Coupon Rate.
Term
Fischer Effect:
Definition
Relationship between Nominal Return, Real Returns and Inflation
Term
Nominal Rate:
Definition
It is the real rate plus the inflation premium, expectation price of the bond. It is the percentage change in the number of the dollar? Real rate not adjusted for inflation
Term
Real Rate:
Definition
Percentage change in how much you can buy with your dollar. Buying power.
Term
Interest Rate Risk:
Definition
Risk that arises for bond owners from fluctuating interest rate in the market and how sensitivity the price of the bond is to those changes. Sensitivity of the bond depends on:
1) Time to maturity – short-term rate are low risk. Longer time to maturity the greater the risk.
2) Coupon Rate – the lower the coupon rate, the greater the interest rate risk.
Increasing the coupon rate decreases the bond value.
Term
Bid Price:
Definition
The Price a dealer is willing to pay
Term
Asked Price:
Definition
The price a dealer is willing to take for a security
Term
Bid-Ask Price:
Definition
The difference between the bid price and the asked price.
Term
Callable Bonds
Definition
Term
Putable
Definition
A bond that allows the holder to force the issuer to repurchase the security at specified dates before maturity. The repurchase price is set at the time of issue, and is usually par value
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