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Bonds
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Table 8-1. BOND Menu Labels
Menu
Label
Description
z
Displays a menu of bond types: 30/360 or
actual/actual, semi-annual or annual.
{
!
Stores the settlement (purchase) date according to the
current date format (
MM.DDYYYY
or
DD.MMYYYY;
see page 143).
|
!
Stores the maturity date
or
call date according to the
current date format. The call date must coincide with
a coupon date.
}
!
Stores the annual coupon rate as a percentage.
Stores the call price per $100 face value. For a yield
to
maturity
, make sure
CALL
equals 100. (A bond at
maturity has a “call” value that is 100% of its face
value.)
~
!
)
•
!
Stores or calculates the yield (as an annual
percentage) to maturity
or
yield to call date.
*
!
Stores or calculates the price per $100 face value.
€
!
Calculates the interest accrued from the last
coupon-payment date until the settlement date, per
$100 face value.
The calculator retains the values of the BOND variables until you clear
them by pressing
@c
while the BOND menu is displayed.
Clearing sets
CALL
to 100 and all other variables to zero.
To see the value currently stored in a variable, press
R
menu label
.