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Most bonds are fixed-rate instruments meaning that the interest paid will never change over the life of the bond. No matter where interest rates move or by how much they move, bondholders receive the interest rate—coupon rate—of the bond. As a result, bonds offer the security of stable ...
There is no “right” bond allocation. How much bonds you include in your portfolio is a personal decision that is based primarily on your tolerance for risk. Of course, never tweak your asset allocation based on how the market is doing. It seems obvious, but you seemore and more people ...
Bonds and bond portfolios will rise or fall in value as interest rates change. The sensitivity to changes in the interest rate environment is called “duration.” The use of the term duration in this contextcan be confusing to new bond investorsbecause it does not refer to the length of tim...
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A potential problem is that investors' taxes are ignored in these models. We propose a pricing model that accounts for stochastic default probability and differential tax treatments for discount and premium bonds. By estimating parameters directly from bond data, we obtain significantly positive ...
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A potential problem is that investors' taxes are ignored in these models. We propose a pricing model that accounts for stochastic default probability and differential tax treatments for discount and premium bonds. By estimating parameters directly from bond data, we obtain significantly positive ...
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is called “duration.” The use of the term duration in this contextcan be confusing to new bond investorsbecause it does not refer to the length of time the bond has before maturity. Instead, duration describes how much a bond’s price will rise or fall with a change in interest rates...