The Savings Bond Wizard has been a useful tool for Savings Bond investors for more than 15 years. Now it is gone. The Treasury has replaced it with the Savings Bond Calculator, a similar ...

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 ...

The carrying value of a bond refers to its face value, plus any unamortized premiums or minus any unamortized discounts. We can quickly calculate a bond's carrying value with only a few pieces of ...

The market price of a bond is determined using the current interest rate compared to the interest rate stated on the bond. The market price of the bond comprises two parts. The first part is the ...

Calculating interest expense on a payable bond should be relatively straightforward, but then the accountants got involved. Generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, turn what is ordinarily a ...

One key aspect of any bond investment is its current yield. When a bond is brand-new, figuring out the bond yield is relatively simple, because in most cases, bonds are issued at prices that are close ...

Savings bonds, issued by the U.S. Treasury, represent a safe and secure long-term investment. Each bond's value is influenced ...

Bond prices move up and down constantly, and it's common for bond investors to face situations where they have to pay more than the face value of a high-interest bond in order to persuade the current ...

Carrying value equals bond face value plus unamortized premiums or minus discounts. Calculate it using face, current term, and premium or discount per year. Investors use carrying value to assess bond ...

Interest expense for discounted bonds includes amortized discount over the bond's term. Bonds issued at a premium reduce recorded interest expense by amortizing the premium. Bonds sold at face value ...

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