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The quotation of a rate of return, or a cost, on the basis of a nominal annual rate for compounding twice per year. | |||
<span style="color:#4B0082">'''Example'''</span> | |||
'''Q.''' | |||
A rate of return - quoted as an annual effective rate - is 4.04%. | |||
What is this same rate of return quoted on a semi-annual basis? | |||
'''A.''' | |||
The same rate of return quoted on a semi-annual basis is: | |||
(1.0404<sup>(1/2)</sup> -1) x 2 | |||
= 4.00%. | |||
[[Category: | It is sometimes written as ''semiannual'', without the hyphen. | ||
== See also == | |||
* [[Capital market]] | |||
* [[Semi-annual rate]] | |||
*[[Nominal annual rate]] | |||
*[[Rate of return]] | |||
[[Category:Long_term_funding]] | |||
[[Category:Cash_management]] | |||
Latest revision as of 13:58, 29 October 2016
The quotation of a rate of return, or a cost, on the basis of a nominal annual rate for compounding twice per year.
Example
Q.
A rate of return - quoted as an annual effective rate - is 4.04%.
What is this same rate of return quoted on a semi-annual basis?
A.
The same rate of return quoted on a semi-annual basis is:
(1.0404(1/2) -1) x 2
= 4.00%.
It is sometimes written as semiannual, without the hyphen.
