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Bond Valuation<br />

We use the DCF method to value a bond and<br />

get the bond price.<br />

To value a bond, we just discount periodic<br />

interest payments and face value <strong>of</strong> a bond at<br />

the prevailing market interest rate<br />

appropriate for its risk class.<br />

Bond Price =<br />

Int<br />

1<br />

+<br />

2<br />

( 1 + YTM) ( ) ( ) N<br />

Yield−to−Maturity (YTM) is a discount rate<br />

that solves the above equation.<br />

Int<br />

Bond price and its yield is jointly determined.<br />

Last Updated: June 11, 2009 © 2009 Charn Soranakom, Ph.D. <strong>Session</strong> 4 | Slide 4 <strong>of</strong> 19<br />

2<br />

1 + YTM<br />

Int<br />

+ ... +<br />

N<br />

+ Face Value<br />

1 + YTM

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