The carrying value of a bond refers to its face value, plus any unamortized premiums or minus any unamortized discounts. We can quickly calculate a bond's carrying value with only a few pieces of ...

The market price of a bond is determined using the current interest rate compared to the interest rate stated on the bond. The market price of the bond comprises two parts. The first part is the ...

You can check the value of your savings bond through the TreasuryDirect website. Even if you have paper savings bonds, you can check your value online, as long as you have the issue date, bond series ...

If a bond is "callable," it means that the issuer has the right to buy the bond back at a predetermined date before its full maturity date. The call could happen at the bond's face value, or the ...

When investors purchase bonds, they do so primarily to generate income. The expected annual rate of return is called the current yield, and it is a function of the current price and the amount of ...