There may be several reasons for the difference between the market price and the face
value of particular bonds: see Table 3.
Not exact matches
One example: a corporate
bond relative
value strategy that examines the capital structure
of a
particular issuer and discovers that short - term credit spreads are too high relative to long - term credit spreads.
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of information describing why he does or doesn't agree with their approach into
valuing a
bond in a
particular manner.
We define intrinsic
value as the amount that would accrue to the owners
of a security if the underlying company were sold to a rational and well - informed buyer, or the company was liquidated with the proceeds distributed to security holders, or where the
particular security sells at a price that would yield no better than a security considered ultra-safe, such as a US Treasury note or
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One example: a corporate
bond relative
value strategy that examines the capital structure
of a
particular issuer and discovers that short - term credit spreads are too high relative to long - term credit spreads.
Many factors affect the
value, or price,
of a
particular bond, but the two big influences are 1) future inflation expectations (as reflected in general interest rates) and 2) the risk
of Corp A «defaulting» — not meeting its obligation to make each year the $ 50 interest payment and, eventually, repaying the $ 1,000
bond principal.
1) Most other investments — talking about stocks,
bonds, mutual funds, etc — do not fix the cost basis and selling price on the
value of the commodity on only two
particular days.