stream of income Regular income • Low volatility helps reduce overall volatility of portfolio Diversification • Principal is paid back upon maturity Capital preservation • Can be readily sold in the secondary market Liquid
may provide higher interest rate than the current one Interest rate risk • Interest may not be higher than inflation resulting to negative real return Inflation risk • Issuer may not be able to continue interest payments or principal Default risk
National Government and are free from default • Maturity <1 year • 91-day 182-day 364-day Treasury bill • Maturity <1 year 2-year 5-year 7-year 10-year 20-year Treasury bonds
rate was selling for 92 and matures in 10 years, what is the yield to maturity? Coupon = P100 (10% X P1,000) Annualized gain = P11.25 ([P1,000 maturity value – P920 current value]/ 10 years Estimated average value of investment = P960 ([P1,000+920/2]) P108 = 11.25% P960