Yield to maturity also factors in the impact from any capital gains or losses if you buy a bond for a price that's different from its maturity value.
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For starters, the site presents a " coupon " or stated interest rate, which measures the yearly interest paid by a bond divided by its face or maturity value.
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The new owner takes on responsibility for future premium payments and collects the maturity value when the policy matures or the death benefit when the original life assured dies.
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In this approach, an investor buys one contract of the shortest-maturity Value Line futures, a proxy for small caps, while simultaneously selling short an S & P 500 contract, a large-cap proxy.
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For example, if you buy a bond for 98 percent of its maturity value, the yield to maturity will be higher than the coupon or simple yield, reflecting that 2 percent capital gain.
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In this approach, an investor buys one contract of the shortest-maturity Value Line futures, a proxy for small caps, while simultaneously selling short an S & AMP; P 500 contract, a large-cap proxy.
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If you figure the total return ( maturity value + interest-current price ), a treasury bond maturing in 3 months should return about the same as a 3 month CD .-- talk ) 19 : 03, 8 July 2006 ( UTC)
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Among these are treasury bills maturing in less than six months and financing bills maturing in 60 days . Both are discount bonds, which investors purchase below par to earn profits from the difference between the purchase price and the maturity value.
