Not exact matches
There is no share holder
buyer of last resort, and so equity
buyers can demand a higher
return than
bond holders.
Buyers of Treasury
bonds typically expect to receive a
return on their capital in excess of inflation.
The higher risk
bonds, in order to attract lenders (
buyers), pay a higher
return but are less reliable.
These
buyers are large investors — central banks, insurance companies, commercial banks and even index funds — that supposedly do not care about
returns, and will pay any price when transacting
bonds.
The unit, the chief investment office (CIO), has been the biggest
buyer of European mortgage - backed
bonds and other complex debt securities such as collateralized loan obligations in all markets for more than three years... The unit made a deliberate move out of safer assets such as US Treasuries in 2009 in an effort to increase
returns and diversify investments.»
Term premium refers to the extra
return a
buyer of
bonds demands to hold a longer - term security instead of investing in a series of short - term issues.
These
buyers are large investors — central banks, insurance companies, commercial banks and even index funds — that supposedly do not care about
returns, and will pay any price when transacting
bonds.
A single
bond's maturity date represents the date that the company, municipality, or government that sold the
bond (the «issuer») agrees to
return the principle — or face value — to the
buyer.
The higher risk
bonds, in order to attract lenders (
buyers), pay a higher
return but are less reliable.
At the end of that period, the
bond reaches maturity and the full amount of the
buyer's original investment, or the principal, is
returned.
If
bond yields drop from 6 % to 5 %,
bond buyers immediately grasp that their nominal
return will be lower.
So you can see that high inflation (or even the fear of high inflation) causes
bond buyers to demand a higher
return on their money to protect their purchasing power.
Usually on a fixed - coupon
bond (e.g. Government
bond) the interest rate is fixed for a given period (say 10 years), and if market rates rise the face value of the
bond falls, to compensate for the lower
return a new
buyer would get, compared to the market interest rate.
E.g.
buyers of US T -
Bonds in 1962 realized 5 - yr, 10 - yr, and 20 - yr
returns that were lower than inflation - negative real
returns.
For example, the table below shows three different
bonds, all maturing in two years and all of which give the
buyer a
return of 4 % if purchased at their net present value price:
At the time of purchase, the
buyer must recognize whether the
bond is subject to de minimis because the after - tax
return could be substantially less than expected.
For example, periods with high unanticipated inflation would see poor
bond returns, since
bond prices would have to drop in order for
bond buyers to receive a rate of
return that was higher than inflation.
The welcome effect is that people took it as a matter of course that stocks were real businesses bought for ownership, although stock
buyers had the reputation of being slick and wily because their ownership positions were based on the current and future profitability of companies rather than secured
bonds which had been the hallmark of traditional conservative investing accounts because property could be sold to
return part of your principal in the event that the business failed.
Investors holding auction - rate
bonds issued by municipalities, schools and others will have to wait for «natural
buyers» to
return to the market before auctions
return to normal, Mr. Hoekstra said.
The
returning or receiving portions of the
bond premium reduce the account balance of the premium on the
bond payable for the
bond seller or the account balance of the premium on the
bond investment for the
bond buyer.
Bond premium amortization for each coupon payment period illustrates how the actual cash coupon payment effectively pays interest expense and returns a portion of the bond premium for the bond seller or earns interest income and receives a portion of the bond premium for the bond bu
Bond premium amortization for each coupon payment period illustrates how the actual cash coupon payment effectively pays interest expense and
returns a portion of the
bond premium for the bond seller or earns interest income and receives a portion of the bond premium for the bond bu
bond premium for the
bond seller or earns interest income and receives a portion of the bond premium for the bond bu
bond seller or earns interest income and receives a portion of the
bond premium for the bond bu
bond premium for the
bond bu
bond buyer.