Bonds are considered less risky than stocks because bond prices have historically been more stable and because
bond issuers promise to repay the debt to the bondholders at maturity.
The bond issuers promise to pay you back for the full loan amount, also called par value, face value, maturity value or principal, and usually with regular interest payments on the par value.
In exchange for your principal,
a bond issuer promises regular interest payments and the return of your money at maturity.
Not exact matches
With the Fed actively buying securities on the open market, the additional demand means
bond issuers can
promise lower yields and still attract investment.
«The same thing holds with
bonds — so you have to look at the credit rating of the
issuer, [which can indicate] whether it can keep its
promise [to pay you back with interest].»
As a
bond investor, you are basically taking a view of where interest rates are going along the yield curve and the
issuer's ability to pay the money
promised.
So for example, when a commercial
bond is issued, the
issuer promises to pay $ X per period.
the interest rate a
bond's
issuer promises to pay to the bondholder until maturity, or other redemption event; generally expressed as an annual percentage of the
bond's face value
It refers to a
bond issuer's ability to repay its debt as
promised when the
bond matures.
A
bond with a lower credit rating might offer a higher yield, but it also carries a greater risk that the
issuer will not be able to keep its
promises.
the interest rate a
bond's
issuer promises to pay to the bondholder until maturity, or other redemption event, generally expressed as an annual percentage of the
bond's face value; for example, a
bond with a 10 % coupon will pay $ 100 per $ 1000 of the
bond's face value per year, subject to credit risk; when searching Fidelity's secondary market fixed income offerings, customers can enter a minimum coupon, maximum coupon, or enter both to specify a range and refine their search; when viewing Fidelity's fixed - income search results pages, the term «Step - Up» instead of a numeric coupon rate means the coupon will step up, or increase over time at pre-determined rates and dates in the future; clicking Step - Up will reveal the step - up schedule for that security
In return for that money, the
issuer provides you with a
bond in which it
promises to pay a specified rate of interest during the life of the
bond and to repay the face value of the
bond (the principal) when it matures, or comes due.
Most
bonds pay investors a fixed rate of interest income that is also backed by a
promise from the
issuer.
That
promise is generally kept unless the
issuer falls on hard times; some
bonds have credit risk based on the financial health of their
issuer.
When you invest in
bonds, you are essentially lending money to the
bond issuer, who
promises to pay you interest — called the Coupon — and repay the principal by a set date — when the
bond reaches maturity.
Credit rating agencies assess the risks of certain
bonds, issuing grades that reflect the
issuer's ability to meet the
promised principal and interest payments.
The
bonds have low credit risk; there's little chance that the
issuers would be unable to pay interest or principal as
promised.
Bond ratings gauge a bond issuer's financial ability to repay its promised principal and interest payme
Bond ratings gauge a
bond issuer's financial ability to repay its promised principal and interest payme
bond issuer's financial ability to repay its
promised principal and interest payments.
The risks: Despite some high - profile municipal
bond defaults, such as the 1994 default by California's Orange County, the vast majority of state and local
bond issuers repay their debts as
promised.
Green
bonds are just like other
bonds issued by governments and companies, except that the
issuer promises to use the funds for «green» projects.
Some municipal
bonds are insured by outside agencies, usually a monoline insurer, which
promises to pay the interest and principal if the
bond's
issuer defaults.
Because the fund owns a large number of
bonds, if a few
issuers of the fund's
bonds don't fulfill the
bond's
promise to pay, you and the other mutual fund shareholders don't lose much.
For most
bonds,
issuers promise both regular interest payments and the return of principal to
bond investors.
The face amount, or par value, of a
bond or note that the
issuer promises to pay on the maturity date.
Each
bond represents a
promise by the
issuer to pay a certain amount of interest and repay the full amount of the loan on a specific date in the future.
Bond: Evidence of debt in which the
issuer promises to pay bondholders a specified amount of interest and to repay the principal at maturity.