One key aspect of any bond investment is its current yield. When a bond is brand-new, figuring out the bond yield is relatively simple, because in most cases, bonds are issued at prices that are close ...

Bonds are investment vehicles that make regular coupon payments until maturity, at which time the bond's face value is paid. If a bond is callable, the issuer of the bond may terminate the bond's ...

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The carrying value of a bond refers to its face value, plus any unamortized premiums or minus any unamortized discounts. We can quickly calculate a bond's carrying value with only a few pieces of ...

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When teaching financial accounting, faculty often discuss bonds payable and how to calculate the issue price of a bond. The next time you cover this topic, consider teaching students how to calculate ...

You can check the value of your savings bond through the TreasuryDirect website. Even if you have paper savings bonds, you can check your value online, as long as you have the issue date, bond series ...

Bond investors need to know how to deal with bonds that cost more than their face value. Bond prices move up and down constantly, and it's common for bond investors to face situations where they have ...

Interest expense for discounted bonds includes amortized discount over the bond's term. Bonds issued at a premium reduce recorded interest expense by amortizing the premium. Bonds sold at face value ...

Bond prices move up and down constantly, and it's common for bond investors to face situations where they have to pay more than the face value of a high-interest bond in order to persuade the current ...