Bonds Archives - PersonalFinanceLab Financial Literacy Gamified Tue, 22 Aug 2023 16:26:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://www.personalfinancelab.com/wp-content/uploads/favicon-50x50.png Bonds Archives - PersonalFinanceLab 32 32 Why Stock and Bond Prices Move https://www.personalfinancelab.com/bonds/stock-bond-prices-move/ Mon, 31 Jul 2017 20:06:26 +0000 http://content.personalfinancelab.com/?p=16650 Stock and bond prices move up and down every day - sometimes by very large amounts. Movement comes primarily from supply and demand of shares - which in turn is largely driven by information and how investors perceive the companies in the markets.

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]]> Bond https://www.personalfinancelab.com/glossary/bond/ Mon, 24 Aug 2015 08:08:12 +0000 http://virtual-stock-exchange.net/?p=795 Bonds are essentially a much more formal I.O.U (I owe you) used to borrow money. You buy the bond in return to interest over a given period of time.

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]]> Fixed Income https://www.personalfinancelab.com/glossary/fixed-income/ Wed, 20 May 2015 15:23:02 +0000 http://education.stocktrak.com/?p=961 Fixed Income represents a distinct asset class, typically of corporate and treasury bonds. This type of investment doesn't usually have a high return, but gives a consistent "fixed" return over time

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]]> Duration https://www.personalfinancelab.com/glossary/duration/ Tue, 07 May 2013 23:27:51 +0000 http://education.howthemarketworks.com/?p=5978 Duration measures the percentage change in the price of a bond (or value of a bond portfolio) due to a change in market interest rates (also known as the yield).

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]]> How Interest Rates Affect Bond Prices https://www.personalfinancelab.com/bonds/how-interest-rates-affect-bond-prices/ Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:23:41 +0000 http://education.howthemarketworks.com/?p=4979 Since the bottom fell out of the stock market in 2008, investors have been shifting money from stocks into bond funds. Since 2007, there have been $1.39 trillion invested in Bond Funds versus $193 billion in stock funds. The most logical explanation is an attempt to find income and safety, but are bonds truly safe?

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]]> Junk Bonds https://www.personalfinancelab.com/glossary/junk-bonds/ Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:19:19 +0000 http://education.howthemarketworks.com/?p=4383 A high-risk bond with a low credit rating. Junk Bonds usually have a much higher yield than investment-grade bonds.

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]]> Zero Coupon Bond https://www.personalfinancelab.com/glossary/zero-coupon-bond/ Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:51:38 +0000 http://education.stocktrak.com/?p=556 A zero coupon bond is a bond sold without interest-paying coupons. Instead of paying periodic interest, the bond is sold at a discount and pays its entire face amount upon maturity, which is usually a one year period or longer.

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]]> Yield To Maturity (YTM) https://www.personalfinancelab.com/glossary/yield-to-maturity-ytm/ Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:38:23 +0000 http://education.stocktrak.com/?p=553 Yield To Maturity is the interest rate that will make the present value of a bond's remaining cash flows (if held to maturity) equal to the price (plus accrued interest, if any).

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]]> Par Value https://www.personalfinancelab.com/glossary/par-value/ Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:43:07 +0000 http://education.stocktrak.com/?p=487 Par Value is the amount that the issuer of a bond agrees to pay at the date of maturity.

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]]> Discount https://www.personalfinancelab.com/glossary/a-g/discount/ Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:21:03 +0000 http://education.stocktrak.com/?p=418 Discount refers to the price of a bond when it is below its par value.

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