29 Nov

Replacement of Bonds | CA Final SFM

 1. Identify all Cash Flows arising on: Date of Replacement During the life of Bond Date of maturity
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28 Nov

Security Analysis | CA Final SFM

Security analysis is the analysis of tradeable financial instruments called securities. It deals with finding the proper value of individual securities. Security Analysis involves a systematic analysis of the “Risk-Return” ...ReadMore
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28 Nov

Clean Price & Dirty Price – Bond Pricing | CA Final SFM

In finance, the dirty price is the price of a bond including any interest that has accrued since issue of the most recent coupon payment. This is to be compared ...ReadMore
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28 Nov

Immunization of Bonds | CA Final SFM

Investment in bonds cannot be considered completely risk free. Such investment can have the following two types of risk: Interest Rate Risk Reinvestment Risk  1. Interest Rate Risk Such ...ReadMore
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27 Nov

Convexity of Bonds | CA Final SFM

Convexity It is known that when interest rate expected by the investor (Desired Yield Rate) changes, the value of the bond will also change. The desired yield rate and bond ...ReadMore
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27 Nov

Bond Sensitivity, Bond Duration and Bond Volatility | CA Final SFM

Sensitivity of a Bond With Respect to Changes in Desired Yield Rate Interest rate sensitivity is a measure of how much the price of a fixed-income asset will fluctuate as ...ReadMore
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27 Nov

Bond Strips – Interest Strip – Principal Strip | CA Final SFM

Bond STRIPS STRIPS is an acronym for Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities.  The present value of cash flows from a bond can be divided into ...ReadMore
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26 Nov

Bond Valuation Yield to Maturity (YTM) | CA Final SFM

Yield to Maturity This is a rate of return which is generated by a bond over a period up to its maturity. If the future cash flows of interest and ...ReadMore
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15 Nov

Bond Valuation SFM CA Final

Bond Valuation SFM CA Final When a company has to raise long term debt, one of the modes of raising the funds is by issuing debentures. For all practical reasons, ...ReadMore
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