bond value
41bond — An interest bearing document issued by a government or company as evidence of a debt, with the terms of payment to the bondholder spelled out. A bond provides predetermined payments at a set date to the bondholder. A registered bond provides… …
42bond equivalent yield — An annual yield, expressed as a percentage, describing the return provided to bond holders. A bond equivalent yield is double the simple interest, semiannual yield. Since Treasury and agency notes and bonds, as well as most corporate and… …
43Bond albedo — The Bond albedo is the fraction of power in the total electromagnetic radiation incident on an astronomical body that is scattered back out into space. It takes into account all wavelengths at all phase angles. It is an important quantity for… …
44bond premium — noun The amount that the purchaser pays in buying a bond that exceeds the face value or call value of the bond …
45Bond ETF — A type of exchange traded fund (ETF) that exclusively invests in bonds. Bond ETFs are very much like bond mutual funds in that they hold a portfolio of bonds and can differ widely in strategies, ranging from U.S. Treasuries to high yields, from… …
46Bond Equivalent Yield - BEY — A calculation for restating semi annual, quarterly, or monthly discount bond or note yields into an annual yield. For a fixed income security with a par value of $1000, the calculation is as follows: The BEY allows fixed income securities whose… …
47bond risk — The risk associated with holding bonds, which falls into two categories. In interest rate risk, the value of a bond falls if the rate of interest rises; in credit risk, the rating of the bond may deteriorate, payments may be delayed, or the bond… …
48bond rating — System of evaluating, appraising and rating the investment value of individual bond issues (i.e. a bond s probability of default). Triple A (AAA) bonds have the highest rating. There are several major bond rating companies or services that make… …
49bond rating — System of evaluating, appraising and rating the investment value of individual bond issues (i.e. a bond s probability of default). Triple A (AAA) bonds have the highest rating. There are several major bond rating companies or services that make… …
50bond — A *financial instrument issued by a *public or *private sector institution. There are many varieties of bonds: (i) secured (by *collateral) or unsecured, (ii) short or *long term, and (iii) with fixed or variable *interest. The issuer of a bond… …
