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.

If you’re a bond investor, the term “par value” is one you’re intimately familiar with. It’s the original issue value of the bond, also called its face value or nominal value. It’s an important ...

Par value is the face value of a security. Both stocks and bonds have a par value, which is set by the issuer of the security. Par value remains fixed for the life of a security, unlike market value, ...

Par value is a set issuance price for bonds and minimal share price for stocks. Bond par values determine yields and coupon payments, influencing secondary market prices. Stock par values minimally ...

Par value is an arbitrary low value assigned to shares to meet legal requirements. To compute par value of issued shares, multiply the number per share by total shares. Low par value reduces financial ...

Tennessee Valley Authority PARRS are exchange-traded like baby bonds with $25 par value under the tickers TVC and TVE. They mature in 2028 and 2029 and are rated the same as U.S. Treasury notes but ...

Deferred interest bonds pay accrued interest in a lump sum at maturity. Explore their benefits, types, and examples to see if ...

Oxford Square Capital Corp. offers attractive yield opportunities via its baby bonds OXSQG and OXSQH, despite lacking credit ratings. OXSQ maintains a strong asset coverage ratio of 241% and moderate ...

Argentina, battling to avert a fresh debt crisis, plans to offer suing "holdout" creditors a 25-year bond equal to the face value of their debt when the country defaulted in 2002, local financial ...

Those of us in the over-50 crowd remember "flower bonds." These were low coupon U.S. Treasury bonds sold at a discount (less than 100 cents on the dollar) and redeemable at par value (full maturity ...

An often overlooked area within fixed income that I believe currently provides outsized adjusted returns is non-investment-grade municipal bonds. This universe consists of both non-rated and ...