Table 8-1. BOND Menu Labels

 

 

Menu

Description

Label

 

zDisplays 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 Rmenu label.

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