Not exact matches
Their opinions of that creditworthiness — in other words, the issuer's financial ability
to make interest payments and repay the loan in full at
maturity — is what
determines the bond's rating and also affects the
yield the issuer must pay
to entice investors.
Yield to maturity is very similar to current yield, which divides annual cash inflows from a bond by the market price of that bond to determine how much money one would make by buying a bond and holding it for one
Yield to maturity is very similar
to current
yield, which divides annual cash inflows from a bond by the market price of that bond to determine how much money one would make by buying a bond and holding it for one
yield, which divides annual cash inflows from a bond by the market price of that bond
to determine how much money one would make by buying a bond and holding it for one year.
Like any calculation that attempts
to determine whether or not an investment is a good idea,
yield to maturity comes with a few important limitations that any investor seeking
to use it would do well
to consider.
The bond's coupon and term
to maturity are used in
determining the bond's market price and its
yield to maturity.
In order
to determine the constant
yield to maturity on a bond, it is necessary
to determine a constant discount rate that must be applied
to each and every payment on the bond (principal and interest) in order
to produce an aggregate value (as of the issue date) that is equal
to the issue price of the bond.
the relationship between interest rates and time,
determined by plotting the
yields of all or as many bonds of similar credit quality (eg: Treasuries or AA - rated Corporates), against their
maturities;
yield curves typically slope upward since longer
maturities normally have higher
yields, although it can be flat or even inverted; the Fixed Income Search Results Scattergraph shows several smoothed
yield curves for different fixed - income product types and credit qualities; these are based on bonds that Fidelity recognizes and are not equal
to the entire universe of bonds, which is significantly larger than the number of bonds offered by Fidelity on any given day
Their opinions of that creditworthiness — in other words, the issuer's financial ability
to make interest payments and repay the loan in full at
maturity — is what
determines the bond's rating and also affects the
yield the issuer must pay
to entice investors.
In our analysis, quarterly
yield differences (after MER) and
maturity differences between XSB and XBB were examined
to determine when a switch from one
to the other would have made sense (i.e. would have given us an additional 0.15 % of annual expected
yield for each additional year of term risk).
So, when looking at a muni bond offered for sale on the secondary market, the investor must look at the price of the bond, not just the
yield to maturity,
to determine whether tax consequences will affect the return.
Therefore, when analyzing
yields for muni bonds offered on the secondary market, the
yield -
to -
maturity figure is usually sufficient
to determine an expected return.
Bond
Yield Calculator: Determine before - and after - tax bond yield to maturity (or bond yield to call) down to a very high level of accuracy (third decimal pl
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Determine before - and after - tax bond
yield to maturity (or bond yield to call) down to a very high level of accuracy (third decimal pl
yield to maturity (or bond
yield to call) down to a very high level of accuracy (third decimal pl
yield to call) down
to a very high level of accuracy (third decimal place).
The advantage of a semi-annual interest payment is also more attractive
to some investors, not
to mention the fact that the
yield at
maturity is known at the time of purchase (if the bond is held until
maturity and rates
determined at the time of issuance).