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Part III: Financial <strong>Formula</strong>s<br />

Calculating yield<br />

In the previous section, an investor knew what yield he wanted and calculated the price to pay to<br />

get it. If instead, he knows what price he is willing to pay, the YIELD function will tell him what his<br />

rate of return on his investment will be. The syntax for YIELD is<br />

YIELD(settlement,maturity,rate,pr,redemption,frequency,basis)<br />

The investor is still interested in buying the ten-year bond with a 6% coupon paid twice per year,<br />

but this time, he wishes to only pay $93.95 for each $100 face value bond. The following formula<br />

calculates his rate of return over the eight years remaining until the bond matures:<br />

=YIELD(TODAY(),TODAY()+DATE(8,1,0), 6%,93.95,100,2)<br />

The investor will make 7% on his investment if he pays $93.95 for these bonds. Had he been willing<br />

to pay more than the $100 face value, the resulting yield would be lower than the 6% coupon<br />

rate, as shown in Figure 11-18.<br />

Figure 11-18: When the price is higher than face value, the yield is lower than the coupon.

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