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A few remarks on yield to maturity

Author(s): Andrzej Karpio
Subject(s): Economy, Financial Markets
Published by: Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: bond; intrinsic value; yield curve; yield to maturity; current yield;

Summary/Abstract: Yield to maturity is the fundamental and common used measure of investment effectiveness in debt securities. Almost always it is defined under non realistic assumptions, namely that coupon payments are constant and coupon periods are the same. In the presented work author concerns the general case. He gives the expressions for intrinsic value of bonds without simplifying assumptions. The implication of the resignation with simplifying assumption is deriving the formulas for yield to maturity in general case, taking into account various coupon periods.

  • Issue Year: XIII/2012
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 107-116
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish