Re: current yield

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In Reply to: Re: current yield posted by Dana C on February 27, 2006 at 15:25:33:

: : : If a bonds volume is 25 and its close is 105 7/8, what is it's current yield?

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: : Hi Dana,

: : I'm sorry, but I don't know the answer to this question. I'm not an expert on bonds, but I think you may need more information than this to know the yield.

: : Thanks,
: : Mark
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: : Mark Beiley
: : Fund Manager - portfolio management software for Windows
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: The only other info that I have is that the par is $1000. Does this help?

Hi Dana,

I can tell you how Fund Manager calculates yields. Fund Manager calculates yields on your recorded data, to show you what yield you have earned. It has 2 different yield types, Return On Investment, and Fund Performance. The first one is based on how much you paid for the shares you own, when you bought them, any recieved distributions. The ROI yield is how well your money performed.

The Fund Performance yields look at the intrinsic investment, not necessarily at how well you timed your buys/sells. The Fund Performance yields look at the share price, and the per share distributions to calculate yields.

For more on the Fund Manager yield calculations, see:

http://www.fundmanagersoftware.com/help/yields.html

I suspect this may not really answer your question, and you are looking for what the future yield is on your bond. I'm not going to be able to help answer that, as I don't know...

Thanks,
Mark
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Mark Beiley
Fund Manager - portfolio management software for Windows

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