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Chapter 3 Notes

This document discusses methods for measuring yield on fixed income securities. It covers computing effective annual yield by annualizing periodic interest rates. It also introduces common yield measures, including current yield which is the annual coupon interest divided by price, and yield to maturity which for zero-coupon bonds is the inverse of the price compounded over the bond's life.

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Chapter 3 Notes

This document discusses methods for measuring yield on fixed income securities. It covers computing effective annual yield by annualizing periodic interest rates. It also introduces common yield measures, including current yield which is the annual coupon interest divided by price, and yield to maturity which for zero-coupon bonds is the inverse of the price compounded over the bond's life.

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BUS 424: Fixed Income Security Analysis

CHAPTER 3: MEASURING YIELD


I.

Computing the Yield or IRR on any Investment


A. Annualizing Yield

Effective annual yield =(1+ period interest rate)m1


1
m

Periodic interest rate=(1+effective annual yield ) 1


II.

Conventional Yield Measures


A. Current Yield

CY =

annual dollar coupon interest


price

B. Yield to maturity
1. For zero-coupon bond

[ ]

M n
y=
1
P

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