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  2. Bond valuation - Wikipedia

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    Bond valuation is the process by which an investor arrives at an estimate of the theoretical fair value, or intrinsic worth, of a bond.As with any security or capital investment, the theoretical fair value of a bond is the present value of the stream of cash flows it is expected to generate.

  3. Dirty price - Wikipedia

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    Glossary entry with examples of calculations. Bond Pricing in the Market , 2008, archived from the original on 2008-08-04 , retrieved 2008-07-06 . Explanation of how bonds are priced, including valuation, coupon interest, and clean and dirty pricing, with diagrams.

  4. Day count convention - Wikipedia

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    The need for day count conventions is a direct consequence of interest-earning investments. Different conventions were developed to address often conflicting requirements, including ease of calculation, constancy of time period (day, month, or year) and the needs of the accounting department.

  5. Yield to maturity - Wikipedia

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    Yield to put (YTP): same as yield to call, but when the bond holder has the option to sell the bond back to the issuer at a fixed price on specified date. Yield to worst (YTW): when a bond is callable, puttable, exchangeable, or has other features, the yield to worst is the lowest yield of yield to maturity, yield to call, yield to put, and others.

  6. Bootstrapping (finance) - Wikipedia

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    Analytic Example: Given: 0.5-year spot rate, Z1 = 4%, and 1-year spot rate, Z2 = 4.3% (we can get these rates from T-Bills which are zero-coupon); and the par rate on a 1.5-year semi-annual coupon bond, R3 = 4.5%. We then use these rates to calculate the 1.5 year spot rate. We solve the 1.5 year spot rate, Z3, by the formula below:

  7. Notional amount - Wikipedia

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    In simple terms, the notional principal amount is essentially how much of an asset or bonds a person owns. For example, if a premium bond were bought for £1, then the notional principal amount would be the face value amount of the premium bond that £1 was able to purchase. Hence, the notional principal amount is the quantity of the assets and ...

  8. Cost of capital - Wikipedia

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    To calculate the firm's weighted cost of capital, we must first calculate the costs of the individual financing sources: Cost of Debt, Cost of Preference Capital, and Cost of Equity Cap. Calculation of WACC is an iterative procedure which requires estimation of the fair market value of equity capital [ citation needed ] if the company is not ...

  9. Accrued interest - Wikipedia

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    In finance, accrued interest is the interest on a bond or loan that has accumulated since the principal investment, or since the previous coupon payment if there has been one already. For a type of obligation such as a bond, interest is calculated and paid at set intervals (for instance annually or semi-annually). However ownership of bonds ...