What Is a Bond Ladder?
Each rung is one bond, and each rung has its own date.
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1.What is a bond ladder?
Each rung is one bond, and each rung has its own date.
2.Marge splits 3,000 into three bonds due in one, two and three years. How much comes back first?
A ladder lets money arrive on many dates instead of one.
3.At 3 percent, what are Marge's coupons in the first year?
One rung comes due, so only two keep paying: 60, and later 30.
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Sources (4)
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy: Investor Bulletin "Interest Rate Risk - When Interest Rates Go Up, Prices of Fixed-Rate Bonds Fall" (PDF; Metadaten June 2013)
- Fidelity (Anbieter): Seite "Bond investment strategies / What are bond ladders" (USA, Copyright 1998-2024; kein Datum der Seite)
- Eigene Rechnung: Leiter 3 x 1.000 gegen eine Anleihe 3.000 (Uebungsaufgabe)
- Exposé Folge 318 (05_szenen/exposee_v1.json)
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