This means that the older
bonds are worth less and their market price falls.
A callable
bond is worth less to an investor than a noncallable bond because the company issuing the bond has the power to redeem it and deprive the bondholder of the additional interest payments he'd be entitled to if the bond was held to maturity.
Not exact matches
The carrier
is putting up future installment payments
worth over $ 1.5 billion to back the
less than $ 1.2 billion of
bonds.
Bond funds fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may
be worth more or
less than their original cost.
Yields and market values will fluctuate, and if sold prior to maturity,
bonds may
be worth more or
less than the original investment.
Junk
bonds, for instance,
are producing a
less than pulse - quickening yield of 6 % which, adjusted for defaults (likely to explode during the next recession), isn't
worth the risk — save in a few special situations.
We'll assume that $ 1,000,000
worth of
bonds costs $ 1,000,000 (it could
be slightly more or slightly
less), with a rate of 2.70 %.
Holding an individual
bond to maturity will result in the return of principal (assuming the
bond issuer doesn't default), but those nominal dollars will
be worth less with inflation and during periods of higher interest rates.
Every team had bench players who would never
be seen in the majors again, and to those teams, it
was worth having a
lesser roster if it meant that Barry
Bonds wasn't on their team.
So for example, a $ 1
bond that pays out $ 2 in 1 year would actually
be worth less than its purchase price if the inflation of dollars
is over 100 % that year.
For better or worse, most of my net
worth is equity in our house (lower return but
less volatile than stocks — a
bond substitute?).
Present value
is the discounted sum of all the
bond's cash flows and accounts for the time value of money: The longer you wait to receive money, the
less it
's worth to you today.
If your
bond yields 2 %
less than market but matures in a year, then it
's worth $ 98, but if it matures in 56 years, then it
's only
worth 0.98 ^ 56 = $ 32.
In fact, it can
be worth even
less because getting paid on a defaulted
bond can often take time and / or money and / or lawyers.
(Investors who apply for
bonds worth above
Rs 10 Lakh & also NRIs would get 0.25 %
less interest rate when compared to the above rates.)
But anytime you sell a
bond before its maturity date, it could
be worth less than you paid for it if interest rates have gone up since you bought it.
Here
's the lesson: anytime you sell a
bond before its maturity date, it will either
be worth more than you paid for it (because interest rates have gone down since you bought it) or
worth less than you paid for it (because interest rates have gone up since you bought it).
The return and principal value of
bonds fluctuate with market conditions and when sold,
bonds may
be worth more or
less than their original cost.
If sold prior to maturity, a
bond may
be worth more or
less than its original cost.
Inflation risk Inflation causes tomorrow's dollar to
be worth less than today's; in other words, it reduces the purchasing power of a
bond investor's future interest payments and principal, collectively known as «cash flows.»
If you decide to sell a long - term
bond before it matures, it will probably
be worth less than you paid for it if interest rates have risen since you bought it.
The traditional tax swap involves two steps: (1) selling a
bond that
is worth less than you paid for it and (2) simultaneously purchasing a
bond with similar, but not identical, characteristics.
okay here
's my two cents
worth folks im up for renewal and have just nagotiated a rate 5 yr variable1.75 persent or if i want a five yr fixed at 4.49 still quite a gap between fixed and variable here i believe i have a little lee way here apparently i
was only interesed in variable and five yr fixed but i made it absulutly apparent to them that when lock in from a variable i get the whosale discounted rate at that time and written into the contract i kinda believe this the way the market
is heading as we head out of ressesion and the bank of canada
is going to make there move i believe coming up in june and just to make this firm i do not believe the boc will raise rates in fast mode far from it will
be slow process i don't care what the ecconmists
are thinking we have to remember manufactering sector
is reallt taking a hit on the high dollar and don't forget our niegbours to the south how dependent our canada
is with them i believe it will
be a slow process a lot of people heve put themselves in a debt load over these enormously low interest rates but i may
be wrong i think a variable
is the way to go if you want to work on that princibal at least should i say the say the short to medium term and betting that the
bond markets stay put for the short to medium term - i have given enough interest to the banks maybe i can pay a little
less at least fot the short to mediun term here i have not completly decided yet put i think im going variable although i wish my mtge
was up a year ago that would have
been just great congradulations to all that did.
If the prevailing rate on five - year
bonds is 4 %, a
bond like Darryl's with a 3 % coupon must
be worth less than face value.
In this case, the discount
bond (from above) will
be worth less to the buyer, as shown below.
+ read full definition back when your
bond matures, but it will
be worth less in today's dollars.
In other words, when your
bond matures, the return you've earned on your investment will
be worth less in today's dollars.
Bonds redeemed prior to maturity could
be worth more or
less than their original cost.
Investing in the stock and
bond markets, even through diversified mutual funds,
is risky; investments may
be worth more or
less than the original cost when sold.
So ILBs that you
are stuck with from low rates times will
be worth much
less than newer
bonds at the higher rates, even if you get some of the value back from higher principal amounts.
If interest rates increase, and you
're still invested in a
bond that pays lower interest, your
bond is now
worth less.
Bonds redeemed prior to maturity may
be worth more or
less than their original cost.