Unformatted text preview: Rates on bonds: Coupon rate= $ amount of interest payment/future value, C/FV, $60/$1000= .06 or 6% Current yield= coupon payment/price of bond, C/Pb, $60/$973= .0614 or 6.17% Yield to maturity->interest rate. Captures both current yield and capital gain or loss on bond->total return if bond is held to maturity. RET= coupon+(Ending price-Beginning price)/beginning price Fisher Equation= I(nominal interest rate)= r(real rate)+pi^e(expected inflation) or 2%...
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