Bonds are fixed tenure debt instruments issued to finance specific projects by the issuer. The interest (based on coupon rate) is paid in pre-defined instalments to the bondholder until maturity.
Most bonds prices are affected by changing interest rates because that is the very nature of an interest-paying security—interest payments make up some or all of the yield. Do Zero-Coupon Bonds ...
Convexity relates to the interaction between a bond's price and its yield as it experiences changes in interest rates. With coupon bonds, investors rely on a metric known as duration to measure a ...
The idea of additional stimulus checks has been discussed since the first ones were rolled out during the pandemic. If ...
By Daniel ANKOMAH So, there I was in the office, surrounded by reports and charts, when the phone rang, and it was an old ...
Convertible bonds are a bone of contention among some investor and shareholder advocates when the conversion is automatically tied to share price.
I. Coupon The main advantage of bonds is that they provide a fixed, predictable income. The bondholder receives regular ...
The Bank of Tanzania (BoT) is taking decisive steps to restore investor interest in medium-term bonds, aiming to align with ...
The interest rate of RBI Floating Rate Savings Bonds is 0.35% higher than what NSC offers. According to the RBI press release on January 1, 2025, "The coupon rate on FRSB 2020 (T) for the period ...