82 Section 4: Additional Financial Functions
File name: hp 12c pt_user's guide_English_HDPMF123E27 Page: 82 of 275
Printed Date: 2005/8/1
Dimension: 14.8 cm x 21 cm
Bond Calculations
The hp 12c platinum enables you to solve for bond price (and the interest accrued
since the last interest date) and the yield to maturity.
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The
fE
and
fS
calculations are done assuming a semiannual coupon payment and using an
actual/actual basis (such as for U.S. Treasury bonds and U.S. Treasury notes). In
accordance with market convention, prices are based on a redemption (par) value
of 100.
To calculate bond price and yield for a 30/360 bond (that is, using the basis of a
30-day month and a 360-day year —such as for municipal bonds, corporate
bonds, and to calculate bond price for bonds with an annual coupon payment),
refer to Section 16: Bonds.
Bond Price
1. Enter the desired yield to maturity (as a percentage), using
¼
.
2. Enter the annual coupon rate (as a percentage), using
P
.
3. Key in the settlement (purchase) date (as described on page 37), then press
\
.
4. Key in the maturity (redemption) date.
5. Press
fE
.
The price is shown in the display and also is stored in the PV register. The interest
accrued since the last interest date is held inside the calculator: to display the
interest, press
~
; to add the interest to the price, press
+
in RPN mode and
+~}
in ALG mode.
Example:
What price should you pay on April 28, 2004 for a 6.75% U.S.
Treasury bond that matures on June 4, 2018, if you want a yield of 4.75%.
Assume that you normally express dates in the month-day-year format.
Keystrokes
(RPN mode)
Display
4.75
¼
4.75
Enters yield to maturity.
6.75
P
6.75
Enters coupon rate.
gÕ
6.75
Sets date format to month-day-year.
4.282004
\
4.28
Enters settlement (purchase) date.
6.042018
6.042018
Enters maturity (redemption) date.
fE
120.38
Bond price (as a percent of par).
+
123.07
Total price, including accrued interest.
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All bond calculations are performed in accordance with. the Securities Industry Association’s
recommendations as contained in Jan Mayle, TIPS Inc.,
Standard Securities Calculation
Methods
, Volume 1, Third Edition, Securities Industry Association Inc., New York, 1993.