Discover how below par bonds work, as they trade for less than their face value. Learn why bonds might trade at a discount due to market and economic conditions.

Current maturity measures the remaining time until a bond's maturity. Explore its role in bond valuation, how it influences ...

When a government or corporation issues a bond, it does so with a specific par value and interest rate. Once in the market, those values don’t change; however, the value of a bond can change depending ...

One of the most popular measures of bond yield is yield to maturity (YTM). Also called book yield or redemption yield, it’s the estimated rate of return an investor can expect from a bond when held ...

You can check the value of your savings bond through the TreasuryDirect website. Even if you have paper savings bonds, you can check your value online, as long as you have the issue date, bond series ...