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Tazate

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Explain the rationale for why anyone would choose to buy a zero coupon bond that pays no interest prior to maturity and pays only the face value of the bond at maturity.
 
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EVA is a multi-period rather than a one-period measure of true economic performance
 
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Answer to Question 1

Zero coupon bonds pay only the face value at maturity and nothing else. Thus these bonds may be attractive to investors that have specific maturity needs such as saving for a young child's eventual college tuition. Zero coupon bonds also eliminate the concern of reinvestment rate risk, or what to do the intermediate cash flows that occur prior to maturity with more conventional coupon bonds. Finally, zero coupon bonds sell at a deep discount from face value.

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Tazate

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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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