Fixed-Income Cash Flows and Types

Free CFA Level I lesson in Fixed Income. 11 min read, ~1,645 words.

Bullet pays all principal at maturity. Fully amortizing spreads principal. Partially amortizing leaves a balloon. Sinking fund retires principal on a schedule. Issuer-benefit options: callable, prepayment, caps on floaters. Investor-benefit options: putable, convertible, floors on floaters. Embedded issuer options raise required yield; embedded investor options lower it. Eurobonds are issued...

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