This document defines key terms related to bond valuation, including par value, coupon rate, coupon payments, maturity date, yield to maturity, and more. It then provides an example to demonstrate how to calculate the price of a bond given its coupon payments, face value, maturity date, and required rate of return. Finally, it discusses how to calculate the realized rate of return for an investor who purchased a bond at one price and sold it later at a different price.

1. Bond Valuation
Learning Module
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2. Definitions
 Par or Face Value -
 The amount of money that is paid to the bondholders at
maturity. For most bonds this amount is $1,000. It also generally
represents the amount of money borrowed by the bond issuer.
 Coupon Rate -
 The coupon rate, which is generally fixed, determines the
periodic coupon or interest payments. It is expressed as a
percentage of the bond's face value. It also represents the
interest cost of the bond to the issuer.
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3. Definitions
 Coupon Payments -
 The coupon payments represent the periodic interest payments
from the bond issuer to the bondholder. The annual coupon
payment is calculated by multiplying the coupon rate by the
bond's face value. Since most bonds pay interest semiannually,
generally one half of the annual coupon is paid to the
bondholders every six months.
 Maturity Date -
 The maturity date represents the date on which the bond
matures, i.e., the date on which the face value is repaid. The
last coupon payment is also paid on the maturity date.
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4. Definitions
 Original Maturity -
 The time from when the bond was issued until its maturity date.
 Remaining Maturity -
 The time currently remaining until the maturity date.
 Call Date -
 For bonds which are callable, i.e., bonds which can be redeemed
by the issuer prior to maturity, the call date represents the
earliest date at which the bond can be called.
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5. Definitions
 Call Price -
 The amount of money the issuer has to pay to call a callable
bond (there is a premium for calling the bond early). When a
bond first becomes callable, i.e., on the call date, the call price
is often set to equal the face value plus one year's interest.
 Required Return -
 The rate of return that investors currently require on a bond.
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6. Definitions
 Yield to Maturity -
 The rate of return that an investor would earn if he bought the
bond at its current market price and held it until maturity.
Alternatively, it represents the discount rate which equates the
discounted value of a bond's future cash flows to its current
market price.
 Yield to Call -
 The rate of return that an investor would earn if he bought a
callable bond at its current market price and held it until the
call date given that the bond was called on the call date.
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7. Bond Valuation
 Bonds are valued using time value of money
concepts.
 Their coupon, or interest, payments are
treated like an equal cash flow stream
(annuity).
 Their face value is treated like a lump sum.
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8. Example
 Assume Hunter buys a 10-year bond from the KLM
corporation on January 1, 2003. The bond has a face
value of $1000 and pays an annual 10% coupon. The
current market rate of return is 12%. Calculate the price
of this bond today.
3. Draw a timeline $1000
+
$100 $100 $100 $100 $100
$100 $100 $100 $100 $100
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9. Example
1. First, find the value of the coupon stream
 Remember to follow the same approach you use
in time value of money calculations.
 You can find the PV of a cash flow stream
 PV = $100/(1+.12)1 + $100/(1+.12)2 + $100/(1+.12)3
+ $100/(1+.12)4 + $100/(1+.12)5 + $100/(1+.12)6 +
$100/(1+.12)7 + $100/(1+.12)8 + $100/(1+.12)9+
$100/(1+.12)10
 Or, you can find the PV of an annuity
 PVA = $100 * {[1-(1+.12)-10]/.12}
 PV = $565.02
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10. Example
1. Find the PV of the face value
 PV = CFt / (1+r)t
 PV = $1000/ (1+.12)10
 PV = $321.97
2. Add the two values together to get the total PV
 $565.02 + $321.97 = $886.99
 Alternatively, on your calculator
 PMT = 100
FV = 1000
n = 10
i = 12
PV = ?
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11. Realized Return
 Sometimes you will be asked to find the realized rate
of return for a bond.
 This is the return that the investor actually realized
from holding a bond.
 Using time value of money concepts, you are solving
for the required rate of return instead of the value of
the bond.
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12. Example
 Doug purchased a bond for $800 5-years ago and he sold
the bond today for $1200. The bond paid an annual 10%
coupon. What is his realized rate of return?
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 PV = Σ [CFt / (1+r)t]
t=0
 $800 = [$100/(1+r) + $100/(1+r)2 + $100/(1+r)3 + $100/
(1+r)4 + $100/(1+r)5] + [$1200/(1+r)5]
 To solve, you need use a “trail and error” approach. You
plug in numbers until you find the rate of return that solves
the equation.
 The realized rate of return on this bond is 19.31%.
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13. Example
 This is much easier to find using a financial calculator:
 n=5
PV = -800
FV = 1200
PMT = 100
i = ?, this is the realized rate of return on this bond
 Note that if the payments had been semiannual,
n=10, PV=-800, FV=1200, PMT=50, i=?=9.47%. Thus, the
realized return would have been 2 * 9.47% = 18.94%.
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