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Bond Yield

The single discount rate which, when applied to all cash flows including principal repayment, give a bond price equal to...

Realized Yield

The return which is realized during the period a bond is held (therefore, it is a holding period return). If...

Convexity

A second-order sensitivity; it is a tool that measures of the sensitivity of a bond or portfolio’s duration to a...

Reinvestment Risk

In relation to bonds, it is the risk (a type of interest rate risk) that the reinvestment rate will drop...

Modified Duration

A bond duration that expresses the bond yield with a compounding frequency of a specific number of time per year,...

EBY

The yield on a discount bond that is computed in the same way the yield on a coupon bond is...

Equivalent Bond Yield

The yield on a discount bond that is computed in the same way the yield on a coupon bond is...

Range Accrual Note

A note that pays interest only if the floating interest rate (such as LIBOR) stays within a prespecified range. This...

Spreadlock

A derivative contract that allows a market participant to enter into an interest rate swap (IRS) at a preset spread...

Forward Rate

In relation to bonds, forward rate denotes the future yield on a bond (e.g., T-bond, T-note or T-bill). Simply put,...