10. Bonds and Bond Pricing

What you'll learn

you will be able to calculate the purchase price of a bond

you will be able to detee the amount of premium or discount on a bond

you will be able to anticipate whether a bond should be sold at a premium or a discount

you will be able to approximate the yield rate of return for a bond if you know the purchase price

you will be able to detee the issue price of a bond to provide a given yield rate

Requirements

you will need to have completed the Ordinary Simple Annuities course or understand the basic formulas of simple annuities

you will need a scientific calculator or even better, a Business Financial calculator.

bond pricing is dependent on the present value of both annuities and a single payment so your knowledge of compound interest and annuities is important for an understanding of bonds

Description

This course will introduce you to the principles behind the calculation of bond pricing. As you know, the purchase price of bonds fluctuates as market conditions change and with this course, you will see how the purchase price of a bond will change over . You will be provided with a set of notes which you will use when you are watching the videotaped lectures.

The course will probably take 3-4 days to complete although this will vary for different students.

Who this course is for:

students who are taking a mathematics of finance course

students who are in a CFA program

students in a Business Program

students who are in need of an additional resource on the topic of bonds



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