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In commodities, bonds, and crypto: West Texas Intermediate crude oil dipped 1% to $71.03 a barrel. Brent crude , the international benchmark, was lower by 1.01% to $75.27 a barrel.
Bond yields soared after the Fed's summary of economic projections and Powell's remarks indicated just two rate cuts in 2025. The 10-year Treasury yield spiked 10 basis points to 4.49%.
The calculation of bond prices due to the change in time to maturity can also be easily figured based on some relatively simple math, giving investors a clear idea of a bond’s expected price.
The Z-spread of a bond is the number of basis points (bp, or 0.01%) that one needs to add to the Treasury yield curve (or technically to Treasury forward rates) so that the Net present value of the bond cash flows (using the adjusted yield curve) equals the market price of the bond (including accrued interest). The spread is calculated iteratively.
Country Issuer Bond Type Currency Australia Office of Financial Management Treasury Indexed Bonds (TIBs) AUD ($) Canada Bank of Canada Marketable Bonds
To sell to a new investor the bond must be priced for a current yield of 5.56%. The annual bond coupon should increase from $5 to $5.56 but the coupon can't change as only the bond price can change. So the bond is priced approximately at $100 - $0.56 or $99.44 .
The price you pay for a bond may be different from its face value, and will change over the life of the bond, depending on factors like the bond’s time to maturity and the interest rate environment.
The bond price quoted to investors is $980 plus the accrued interest. Brokers quote the dirty price, found by adding the clean price and accrued interest since that day. If the bond's last coupon payment was made on 1 June, on 1 September, the dirty price is: Clean Price + Accrued Interest (where accrued interest is the interest accumulated ...