January 2015
Beginner
480 pages
31h 42m
English
When companies or governments (federal, state, or local) need to borrow money, they often sell bonds. A bond is a long-term debt instrument by which a borrower of funds agrees to pay back the funds (the principal) with interest on specific dates in the future. If you buy one of these bonds, you are buying a promised future cash flow. We sometimes call bonds “fixed-income” securities because they pay a set amount (fixed cash flow) on specific future dates. Thus, the future cash flow is fixed at the time of initial sale of the bond.
Although bonds are fairly straightforward financial agreements, bond terminology is quite extensive. Part of the reason for the ...
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