An investor purchases 8 corporate bonds in the secondary market at a discounted price of 95 ( 1,000 and carries a stated coupon rate of 6.25% payable semi-annually. What is the total dollar amount of interest the investor will receive across all 8 bonds in a single semi-annual payment?
Cevap: 250 USD
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The total dollar amount of interest received in a single semi-annual payment is $250.
Bond coupon payments are always calculated by multiplying the annual coupon rate by the par value ( 8,000. At a 6.25% annual coupon rate, the total annual interest payment is 500. Because corporate bonds pay interest semi-annually, each individual payment equals half of the annual total ( 250).
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Bond coupon payments are calculated strictly on face (par) value rather than secondary market price, and standard corporate bond interest is paid semi-annually.