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bonds represent liability of a firm and provide return in the form of income and capital gain?
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The movement S&p500 index stock is the most important factor in determining price changes of bonds in the market?
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| bonds represent liability of a firm and provide return in the form of income and capital gain? |
| TRUE | ||||||||||||
| Firms raise capital by issuing bonds to the public. | ||||||||||||
| The bond holder receives interest/coupon payments from the firm until maturity and at the time of maturity the bondholder receives | ||||||||||||
| the principal. | ||||||||||||
| In addition, the price of the bond varies according to interest rates. In other words, when interest rates | ||||||||||||
| fall bond prices increase and when interest rates rise bond prices decrease. | ||||||||||||
| The movement S&p500 index stock is the most important factor in determining price changes of bonds in the market? | ||||||||||||
| FALSE. | ||||||||||||
| What determines the price changes of bonds in the market are a change in interest rates. | ||||||||||||
| In other words, when interest rates fall bond prices increase and when interest rates rise bond prices decrease. | ||||||||||||