Friday, October 1, 2010

Semiannual Bond Pricing Template

     This is a template to price bullet semiannual bonds with maturities up to 40 years. All you need are the face value, coupon rate and a yield (YTM or required return) to get the model price. Feel free to download the template and pass it around. 
Pricing Semiannual Bonds

The Weekly Spot Rate

     This is the inauguration of The Weekly Spot Rate, a weekly article, video, cartoon or other form of media that I have found particularly interesting. The media may be from the current week or something from the past of interest. 

     To kick us off I have selected a video of various newscasters trying to pronounce the name of the Icelandic Volcano that erupted this past Spring. Not that I could do any better. Enjoy!