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| This term can refer either to the cash flows of an instrument (Discount instruments) or to its basis of market quotation (Discount rate).
| | The price for a transaction that has a delivery date or a start date in the future or later than the spot date. |
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| '''Example'''
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| An instrument is quoted - on a <u>discount basis</u>, one period before its maturity - at a discount of 10% per period.
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| This means that it is currently trading at a price of 100% LESS 10% = 90% of its terminal value.
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| (The periodic ''yield'' on this instrument is 10% / 90% = 11.11%. So if the same instrument had been quoted on a <u>yield basis</u>, then the quoted yield per period = 11.11%.)
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| The relationship between the periodic discount rate (d) and the periodic yield (r) is:
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| r = d / ( 1 - d )
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| So in this case:
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| r = 0.10 / ( 1 - 0.10 = 0.90 )
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| = 11.11%
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| == See also == | | == See also == |
| * [[Discount instruments]] | | * [[Forward discount]] |
| * [[Discount rate]]
| | * [[Forward premium]] |
| * [[Sterling commercial paper]]
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| * [[US commercial paper]]
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| * [[Yield basis]]
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| * [[Effective annual rate]]
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| * [[Nominal annual rate]]
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| * [[Periodic discount rate]]
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| * [[Periodic yield]] | |
Revision as of 06:44, 19 June 2014
The price for a transaction that has a delivery date or a start date in the future or later than the spot date.
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