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HI I am needing assistance in getting the below information. Any help would be a

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HI I am needing assistance in getting the below information. Any help would be appreciated.

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Bloomberg Bonds

Source: Bloomberg Financial

2nd column: coupon rate, coupon payment=coupon rate *par amount

Column 3: yield to maturity; interest rate that depends on 6 factors you know

Column 4: Par value of bond

Column 5: full price or PV of bond

Column 6: S & P rating; issuing company credit score; AAA the highest, AA, A, BBB (all of them investment grade), BB B, CCC, CC, C all speculative very risky bonds with very high yield and low price.

Issuer

Coupon

   %

Maturity

YTM

   %

Par Amount

(million)

Full Price

(000)

S&P

Credit Rate

Treasury

6.5

2/15/10

4.55

67

76,387

Treasury

5.625

5/15/08

4.64

92

98,762

Treasury

5

8/15/11

4.57

84

87,192

Treasury Sector

262,341

Time Warner Enterprise

8.18

8/15/07

5.47

82

93,710

BBB+

Texas Utilities

6.375

1/1/08

6.19

30

30,678

BBB

Rockwell International

6.15

1/15/08

6.04

52

52,837

A

Transamerica Corporation

9.375

3/1/08

6.34

15

17,445

AA-

Coastal Corporation

6.5

6/1/08

6.76

30

30,153

BBB

United Airlines

6.831

9/1/08

5.99

38

39,949

A-

Burlington Northern Santa Fe

7.34

9/24/08

5.67

3

3,390

A+

News America Holding

7.375

10/17/08

6.56

30

32,292

BBB-

Litton Industries

8

10/15/09

6.70

60

66,834

BBB-

America Standard Inc.

7.625

2/15/10

7.59

41

41,332

BB+

Caterpillar Inc.

9.375

8/15/11

6.01

60

A+

Corporate Sector

436,248

Portfolio

698,589

Source: Bloomberg Financial

2nd column: coupon rate, coupon payment=coupon rate *par amount

Column 3: yield to maturity; interest rate that depends on 6 factors you know

Column 4: Par value of bond

Column 5: full price or PV of bond

Column 6: S & P rating; issuing company credit score; AAA the highest, AA, A, BBB (all of them investment grade), BB B, CCC, CC, C all speculative very risky bonds with very high yield and low price.

Explanation / Answer

The given table shows the bond issued by the BLOOMBERG.

2nd column - Coupan Rate: coupon rate is simply just the annual coupon payments paid by the issuer relative to the bond's face or par value.

3rd Column - Maturity: Maturity refers to a limited time period at the end of which the financial instrument will mature or we can say cease to exist and the principal is repaid with interest.

4th Column - Yield to Maturity (YTM): Yield to maturity is the discount rate at which the sum of all future cash flows from the bond (coupons and principal) is equal to the price of the bond.

Formula = YTM = {Coupan rate + (Par Value - Price) / Years to Maturity} / (Par Value - Price) / 2

5th column - Par Value: It is the face value of bond.

6th Column - Full Price or PV of Bond: It is the current price of bond at which the bond is currently available. Hence it is also called as PV of bond. It is amount which you have to pay today to purchase the bond.

7th Column: S & P Credit Rating: It stands for standard and poor credit rating. In the given table best bond as per the credit rating agency is Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Caterpillar Inc.