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Summary

FIXED INCOME PRODUCTS • Introduction


AND MARKETS • Prices and Yields in practice
Quotation details
Terminology
3. Introduction to Fixed T-Bills
T-Notes and T-Bonds
Income Valuation Discounted Cash Flows
Yields of T-Bills and BEY
Prices and Yields to Maturity
Current Yield
Yield to Call
José Azevedo Pereira Price-Yield Relationship
Day Count Conventions

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1. Brief Review of Discounted Cash


Terminology Flow Valuation

• Bid Ask n
CFi
• Coupons Pt = 


Maturity Date
Quotation Date
t =0 (1 + y ) t
• Settlement Date
• Dated date 2n
CFi
• Previous Coupon Date or Last Coupon Date
Pt = 
• Next Coupon Date y
• Payment Date
t =0
(1 + )t
• Quoted Price, Clean Price or Flat price 2
• Invoice Price or Dirty Price
• Day Count

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2.2 Yield to Maturity or Internal Rate of 2.2 Yield to Maturity or Internal Rate of
Return Return
• The internal rate of return (IRR) of a bond is normally referred as yield to • Consequently,
maturity in fixed income markets.
• With annual compounding, the price of a bond that pays annual coupons 45 7 " &, ! " 100
of C€ for N years, per 100€ of face value is given by 45 7 9 &, ! 9 100
45 7 : &, ! : 100
# # # # % 100
!" % ' % ( % ⋯%
1%& 1%& 1%& 1%& +

• If the percentage coupon is given by c, such that C = c x 100,

,--. 1+ ,--
!" 10 1%& +
/ ,2/ 3

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2.3. Prices in Practice 1/32 = 1 tick

Current Yield
• It corresponds to the relationship between the value of the coupon and • Bond values might be stated in terms of yields and/or prices.
the market price of the bond • US Treasury prices are normally quoted in 32ns and sometimes in units of
32nds, although conversions to decimals are becoming increasingly easy to
access.
C 100c • Example: Treasury Quotes as of February 8, 2022 (for settlement on
February 9)
Ycurrent = =
P P Quoted Price (in Cumputed Price
Maturity in years
units of 32nds) (Decimals)

2 99-05 3/8 99,16796875


3 98-26 3/4 98,83593750
• It can be understood as an approximation of yield to maturity. Naturally, 5 97-15 3/4 97,49218750
10 95-03 95,09375000
only for the case of perpetuities, the current yield will, in effect, coincide 30 91-26+ 91,82812500
with the yield to maturity Source: Bloomberg

1/64 = 1 plus
Where:
91-26+ = 91.828125 = 91 + 26/32 + 1/64
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2.3. Prices in Practice (Excel
Functions for Price and Quote 2.4. Prices and Yields of T-Bills
Conversions)
Converting quotes into decimals
• Invoice price (dirty price) of a security: price that the buyer as to pay.
Maturity Quoted Price (in 32nds) Price in decimals • T-bills do not pay any coupons and pay a fixed amount of money at maturity
=> discount instruments => conceptually are zero coupon bonds;
7 98,28 98,875
• T-bills are quoted on a discount yield basis
DOLLARDE(C4;32)
• Example:

Converting a computed price in decimals to a quote in


32nds

Maturity Quoted Price (in 32nds) Price in decimals

98,28
7 98,875

DOLLARFR(D10;32)

• Use the discount yield to calculate the invoice price for both, the 3-month
and the 6-month T-bills mentioned.

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2.4. Prices and Yields of T-Bills 2.4. Prices and Yields of T-Bills
• Discount yield:
&'
;<=7>? ! < " =#7?$<!& %$<7# " • BEY for a T-bill with a maturity of fewer than 182/183 days:
360

*&+
P " 100 1 0 '"
100 0 !
&
360 ./0 360 0 ' " 365'
(,-
*&+ 100
P " 100 1 0
(,- 360./0 " 365 % ./0 '
./0
,--1- (,- 2100 0 !3 365
d= ,--
& * "
!
& 360./0
'"
365' ./0 "
365' 2365 % ./0 3
./0 " 360 0 '
Where, 360 0 '
d = discount yield ./0 9 '
n = number
• Discount of days
yield’ two main remaining between settlement date and
shortcomings:
maturity
• Year has 365date;
days, not 360 days;
• Price paid is not 100, but P

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*+ 2.4. Prices and Yields of T-Bills
2.4. 2.4.1
Prices and
Yields of a T-
Yields of T-Bills
T-Bill with n < 182 days
P" 100 1 0 (,-
2.4.1 Yield of a T-
T-Bill with n < 182/183 days
360P= 100 360 -100nd
• BEY/Discount Yield:
• n < 182/183 days ,-- (,- 1(,--
d=
• Discount Yield ,--*
• Bond Equivalent Yield (BEY)
,--1- (,-
• Discount yield d=
,-- *

d=
(100 − P ) × 360
100 n

(100 − P ) 365
BEY = ×
P n
365d
BEY =
360 − dn

• BEY is a better measure BEY d


of>the actual return that might be achieved by
investors, if they hold T-bills until its maturity

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2.4. Prices and Yields of T-Bills 2.4. Prices and Yields of T-Bills
2.4.2 Yield of a T-
T-Bill with n > 182/183 days 2.4.2 Yield of a T-
T-Bill with n > 182 days
• Industry convention – an interest y (in effect, y/2) is paid after six • Solving the previous equation for y, we will reach the following
months and it is possible to reinvest this interest, expression for the BEY of T-bills with more 182 days to maturity:

& & 365 &


  100 
2
! 1% % 0 1% ! " 100 − 2n  n   2n
+2   − − 1 × 1 − 
2 365 2 2 365  365   365   p 
BEY =
2n
−1
Value of initial 365
investment Interest earned on the BEY > d
reinvested on a previous amount for
semiannual basis the remaining time to • Excel functions TBILLPRICE and TBILLEQ
for one period maturity
• Excel functions

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2.4. Prices and Yields of T-Bills
2.4.2 Yield of a T-
T-Bill with n > 182 /183days 2.5. Prices and Yields of T-Notes and T-Bonds
• Quoted price (clean or flat price): normally, not the invoice price;
• Invoice price (dirty price): clean price + accrued interest

• Accrued interest:
LCD SD
NCD

z days

x days

• Interest accrues for the period corresponding to x - z

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2.5. Prices and Yields of T-


T-Notes and T-
T-Bonds 2.5. Prices and Yields of T-
T-Notes and T-
T-Bonds
2.5.1 A Special Case: Short Governments 2.5.1 A Special Case: Short Governments
• Short Governments (industry jargon):
• Short Governments (industry jargon): Treasury coupon issues • Rate of return over a period of z days:
that are in their final coupon period; 7
100 %
Accrued interest at settlement date: 2 0 1 & 365
!8 7
607
"<5 " # & • However, in practice, the yield to maturity of short-governments is
26
annualized as:
Invoice price: 7
100 %
!8 " 9!8 % "<5 &" 2 0 1 & 26
!8 7

• Where 9!8 is the flat price • Similarly the invoice price is computed using the yield to maturity as
7
100 %
!8 " 2 01
7
1%&
26

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2.5. 2.5.2
Prices andwith
Securities Yields of T-Notes
More than One Coupon and T-Bonds 2.5. 2.5.2
Prices andwith
Securities Yields of T-Notes
More than One Coupon and T-Bonds
• Relationship between invoice price, Pt , and y: • The following table reproduces market data related to a US T-Bond for settlement on February 9, 2022:

=>+1, #
100 2
!8 " : % < : Settlement Coupon Bid Price Ask Price Bid Price Ask Maturity

& +1,2 & =2 • Calculate the corresponding (32nds) (32nds) (dec) Price
; =>- ;
1% 1% Date (dec)
2 2 a) Accrued interest; 2022/02/09 1.375% 95-02+ 95-03 95.0625 95.0675 2031/11/15
b) YTM, based on the ask price.

• Possibility of extracting price if we know the yield or the yield if we know


the price
• Functions in Excel: PRICE and YIELD
Calculate:
a) The accrued interest;

b) The YTM of the note.

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2.5. 2.5.2
Prices and Yields of T-Notes and T-Bonds
Securities with More than One Coupon
2.5. 2.5.2
Prices andwith
Securities Yields of T-Notes
More than One Coupon and T-Bonds
Coupon j (number of
Coupon Power =
Payment
Dates
number
Coupons full coupon
periods)
j + (z/x)
PV Coupons Principal Price Given Yield and Yield Given Price:
Coupon 1,375%
Bid $ 95,078125 15-05-2022 1 $ 0,6875 0 0,525 $ 0,68405
Ask $ 95,093750 15-11-2022 2 $ 0,6875 1 1,525 $ 0,67751
Yield 1,929% 15-05-2023 3 $ 0,6875 2 2,525 $ 0,67104
Settlement date 09-02-2022 15-11-2023 4 $ 0,6875 3 3,525 $ 0,66463
Maturity 15-11-2031 15-05-2024 5 $ 0,6875 4 4,525 $ 0,65828
N 20,000 Coupons to be paid in the
15-11-2024
future 6 $ 0,6875 5 5,525 $ 0,65200
LCD 15-11-2021 15-05-2025 7 $ 0,6875 6 6,525 $ 0,64577
NCD 15-05-2022 15-11-2025 8 $ 0,6875 7 7,525 $ 0,63960
SD 09-02-2022 15-05-2026 9 $ 0,6875 8 8,525 $ 0,63349
z 95,00 15-11-2026 10 $ 0,6875 9 9,525 $ 0,62744
x 181,00 15-05-2027 11 $ 0,6875 10 10,525 $ 0,62145
z/x 0,525 15-11-2027 12 $ 0,6875 11 11,525 $ 0,61551
Accrued interest $ 0,32666 0,32666 15-05-2028 13 $ 0,6875 12 12,525 $ 0,60963
Dirty price (bid) $ 95,40478 15-11-2028 14 $ 0,6875 13 13,525 $ 0,60381
Dirty price (ask) $ 95,42041 15-05-2029 15 $ 0,6875 14 14,525 $ 0,59804
Yield guess (bid) 1,92868% 15-11-2029 16 $ 0,6875 15 15,525 $ 0,59233
PV (Coupons+Principal) guess $ 95,42041 15-05-2030 17 $ 0,6875 16 16,525 $ 0,58667
15-11-2030 18 $ 0,6875 17 17,525 $ 0,58107
15-05-2031 19 $ 0,6875 18 18,525 $ 0,57552
15-11-2031 20 $ 0,6875 19 19,525 $ 0,57002 $ 100,00
PV $ 12,50788 $ 82,913

Calculate de YTM
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2.6 Price-Yield Relation
The relationship between isis convex:
prices and yields Convex 2.6 Price-Yield Relation
The relationship between isis convex:
prices and yields Convex
Clean Price (decimals)
180,000

160,000

140,000

120,000

Price (decimals)
100,000

80,000

60,000

40,000

20,000

0,000
0,00% 5,00% 10,00% 15,00% 20,00% 25,00%
YTM

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2.7.1 Accrued Interest (1)


• During the period between the (last) coupon date and the (next) ex dividend date each bond is
traded cum dividend => the investor that holds the security at the “dividend” date gets the whole
coupon.
2.7. DAY COUNT CONVENTIONS
• The seller is rewarded by getting the accrued interest inherent to period.

ACCRUED INTEREST CALCULATION • Immediately after the coupon payment the “clean price” equals the “dirty price”.

• Accrued interest “grows” continually until the (next) ex dividend date

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2.7.1 Accrued Interest (2) 2.7.1 Accrued Interest (3)

• In the ex-dividend date the price falls (approximately by the present value of the • Immediately after the ex dividend date, the bond starts to be traded ex dividend;
“dividend” (coupon) that is going to be paid;
• In contrast to what happens during the previous phase, it is the seller, not the buyer, that gets the
next coupon;

• At that moment, the “dirty price” falls below the “clean price”, reflecting the • Consequently, it is necessary to compensate the buyer for the fact that he is not going to get the
negative accrued interest that exists during that moment. next coupon, through a reduction in the price paid for the bond.

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2.7.1 Accrued Interest (4) – an


example UK Gilts

 N − Nxc 
AI = C xt 
 Daybase
Where:
AI: accruedinterest
C: coupon
Nxc : numberof daysbetween th
e ex dividend
dateand the(next)couponpaymentdate(i.e.,7 daysfor UKgilts)
Nxt : numberof daysbetween th
e ex dividenddateand thedate
for thecalculation
DayBase: daycountbase(usually360ou 365)

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2.7.1 Accrued Interest (5) 2.7.1 Accrued Interest (6)
• Interest does not accrue on bonds whose issuer has
subsequently gone into default;
For bonds that are trading ex dividend,
• Bonds traded without accrued interest are said to be trading the accrued coupon is negative and would be subtracted from the
flat or clean; clean price
 Days to next coupon 
AI = −C  
• Consequently:  Day Base 
Clean price of a bond = Dirty price - AI

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2.7.2 Day Count Conventions(1) 2.7.2 Day Count Conventions(2)


Conventions Accrued Interest
• When determining the number of days between two dates,
Actual/365 Coupon x (days/365) include the first date but not the second;

Actual/360 Coupon x (days/360)

Actual/actual Coupon x (days/ actual


number of days in the
interest period)
30/360 See below

30E/360 See below

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2.7.2 Day Count Conventions(3) 2.7.2 Day Count Conventions(4)

• 30/360: • 30E/360:

• If the first date falls on the 31st , it is changed to the 30th, • If the first date falls on the 31st , it is changed to the 30th, of the month;
of the month;

• If the second falls on the 31st it is automatically changed to the 30th.


• If the second falls on the 31st
and the first date is on the
30th or 31st, the second date is changed to the 30th.

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2.7.3 Day Count Conventions for Sovereign Debt (2)


2.7.3 Day Count Conventions for Sovereign Debt (1)
Market Coupon Frequency Day count basis Ex-dividend
Period
Germany Annual Actual/actual No
Market Coupon Day count basis Ex-dividend
Frequency Period Ireland Annual Actual/actual No
Australia Semiannual Actual/actual Yes
Italy Annual Actual/actual No
Austria Annual Actual/actual No
Belgium Annual Actual/actual No New Zeland Semiannual Actual/actual Yes

Canada Semiannual Actual/actual No Norway Annual Actual/365 Yes


Denmark Annual 30E/360 Yes
Spain Annual Actual/actual No
Eurobonds Annual 30/360 No
Sweden Annual 30E/360 Yes
France Annual Actual/actual No
Switzerland Annual 30E/360 No

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2.7.3 Day Count Conventions for Sovereign Debt (3)

Market Coupon Frequency Day count basis Ex-dividend


Period
UK Semiannual Actual/actual Yes Thank You
US Semiannual Actual/actual No

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