Nevertheless, you have to regard that these are treated like a stock instead of it having
its original bond value especially if you are an investor purchasing after an essential price appreciation.
Not exact matches
And
bonds at some well - known companies, like American Express and retailer Neiman Marcus, have been trading at 30 % of their
original value.
These securities are known as
Original Issue Discount (OID)
bonds, since the difference between the discounted price at issuance and the face
value at maturity represents the total interest paid in one lump sum.
Bondholders can still recoup their
original costs if the
value of the interest income the
bond has generated is greater than the lost principal
value.
Yields and market
values will fluctuate, and if sold prior to maturity,
bonds may be worth more or less than the
original investment.
By storing its surplus export revenues in Treasury
bonds, South Korea nudges up the relative
value of the dollar against our competitors» currencies, and our trade deficit increases, even though the
original transaction had nothing to do with the United States.
In other words, you would buy $ 354.42 more of the International stock index fund and sell $ 107.58 worth of shares of the U.S. stock fund and $ 246.84 of the
bonds, so that the percentages return to the
original proportions, as shown in the
value of the target asset allocation row.
For example, a total return of 20 % means the security increased by 20 % of its
original value due to a price increase, distribution of dividends (if a stock), coupons (if a
bond) or capital gains (if a fund).
At 3 % inflation, the inflation adjusted principal of a
bond or preferred stock falls to 74 % of its
original value after 10 years.
The effect of this rule is that a taxpayer who purchases a tax - exempt
bond subsequent to its
original issuance at a price less than its stated redemption price at maturity (or, if issued with OID, at a price less than its accreted
value), either because interest rates have risen or the obligor's credit has declined since the
bond was issued, and who thereafter recognizes gain on the disposition of such
bond will have part or all of the «gain» treated as ordinary income.
If the
bond has face
value $ 1100 five years from now and is sold by the issuer for $ 1000 today, then it is not a coupon
bond in the usual sense of the word (and it does not have a 10 % coupon) but rather it is a zero - coupon or
original issue discount
bond.
To expand on @DilipSarwate's comment regarding your first bullet point, if the
original face
value for the
bond is $ 1000, it has a maturity of five years and a coupon rate of 10 %, then each of those five years you will receive $ 100 (10 % of $ 1000) and at the end of the five years you will receive $ 1000 back, for a total outlay of $ 1000 and a total income of $ 1500, netting you $ 500.
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.
a feature of certain debt instruments that allow for the estate of a deceased investor to «put back» or redeem that instrument without penalty;
bonds that carry a survivor's option usually redeem for par
value when the survivor's option is exercised; in either case the benefit of the survivor's option can not be realized unless the
original investor in the asset has died; because investor mortality risk must be taken into account when underwriting assets that carry a survivor's option, these assets are more complex and expensive to issue; also known as a «death put»
An
original issue discount (OID) is the discount from par
value at the time a
bond or other debt instrument is issued; it is the difference between the stated redemption price at maturity and the actual issue price.
However, if the current
bond value of your
bond dropped to $ 500 from $ 1000, the yield of your
bond will be 10 % and you will still be paid $ 50 as per the
original agreement.
The
Original Issue Discount (OID) form is used to show the
bond interest on a
bond when issued at a price lower than its maturity
value.
Many investors put money in
bonds to receive interest income and assume their
original investment - their principal - will not change in
value.
Zeros are issued at a discount and mature at par
value, and the amount of the spread is divided equally among the number of years to maturity and taxed as interest, just as any other
original issue discount
bond.
This means that holding these
bonds until maturity will mean they will only receive half of the
original nominal
value of the
bond, and that is assuming no further write downs occur.
A similar type of
bond, known as an «
original - issue discount»
bond, is issued below par
value and may pay out some interest.
The AFR is useful for tax concepts such as
Original Issue Discount (when issuers sell low - interest or no - interest
bonds or loans at less than face
value, attempting to recharacterize interest income as return of principal), various grantor trusts (e.g. GRATs), and so forth.
The net carrying
value is the
original amount paid for the
bond subtracted by previous amortization.
The Principal is the amount borrowed, the
original amount invested, or the face
value of a
bond [2].
Principal may also be used to refer to the face
value or
original amount of a
bond.
Also, savings
bonds have an «
original maturity» period during which the
bond increases in
value and becomes worth at least its face amount and an «extended maturity period» during which it continues to earn interest.
At maturity, the
original face
value of the
bond would be multiplied by the cumulative inflation rate registered since the date of issue to obtain the final yield at maturity.
If a guarantee of principal is not provided, the adjusted principal
value of the
bond to be repaid at maturity may be less than the
original principal amount and, therefore, is subject to credit risk.