bond interest
Fixed-income security yield
Bond interest is the money paid to bondholders as compensation for lending their capital.
When you buy a bond, you're essentially lending money to a government or corporation, and bond interest is what they pay you for the use of those funds.
It's typically paid at fixed intervals—usually semiannually—at a rate established when the bond is issued: The fund generates steady income from bond interest.
- maturity dateWhen debt must repay
- face valuePrinted denomination shown
- tax freeExempt from levies
- investment gradeCreditworthy debt classification
- credit ratingAssigned measure of borrower reliability
discount rate · bondholder · fixed income · gilt · risk assessment
investment income type
bond intereststock dividends
Profits paid to shareholders
dividend income · capital gains · rental income · profit sharing
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