I. Bond Financing: Borrowing from the General Public In addition to borrowing from banks, enterprises can also raise funds from the general public by issuing bonds. Ordinary individuals may purchase corporate bonds—buying a bond is equivalent to lending money to the enterprise. Bond maturities differ, and accordingly, different accounting accounts are used: Maturity Account Used Within 1 year Trading Financial Liabilities Over 1 year Bonds Payable 📌 Analogy: Purchasing government bonds means lending money to the state; purchasing corporate bonds means lending money to a company. II. Core Challenge in Bond Issuance: Coupon Rate vs. Market Interest Rate ・ Fundamental Concepts ・ Key bond terms include face value (e.g., ¥100), coupon rate (e.g., 8%), and maturity (e.g., 5 years). ・ The central tension lies in the fact that the stated coupon rate on the bond often differs from the prevailing market interest rate at issuance. ・ Three Issuance Scenarios ・ Par issuance: occurs when the coupon rate equals the market interest rate; bonds are issued at face value. ・ Premium issuance: occurs when the coupon rate exceeds the market interest rate; issue price is higher than face value. ・ Discount issuance: occurs when the coupon rate is lower than the market interest rate; issue price is lower than face value. ・ Pricing and Redemption Mechanism ・ Theoretical issue price = present value of future periodic interest payments (as an annuity) + present value of the principal repayment at maturity; the discount rate used must be the market interest rate prevailing at issuance. ・ Redemption at maturity follows strict standards: principal is repaid exactly at face value (e.g., ¥100); interest is calculated strictly as “face value × coupon rate”, irrespective of the investor’s purchase price. ・ Economic substance of premium/discount: the price difference at purchase is not refunded upon maturity but is realized gradually over the holding period. A discount represents a capital gain; a premium reflects prepayment of excess interest. ・ True Return: Yield to Maturity (YTM) ・ Key conclusion: For investors holding to maturity, their return is locked in at the market interest rate prevailing at the time of purchase—not the coupon rate. ・ YTM formula: ・ P: Purchase price (issue price or secondary-market price) — determined by the market ・ C: Periodic interest payment (face value × coupon rate) ・ F: Face value ・ YTM: True annualized return ・ Role of the coupon rate: It determines only the cash flow structure (i.e., whether more income comes as interest or as capital gain/loss), not the total final return. ・ Three Critical Preconditions for Return Lock-in 1. Holding to maturity and ignoring reinvestment: If interest is reinvested, total wealth accumulation remains subject to subsequent changes in market interest rates. 2. Fair market pricing: In the absence of special factors, YTM equals the market interest rate; if credit risk or liquidity differences exist (e.g., government guarantees, liquidity premiums, tax advantages at issuance), then YTM = market interest rate + risk premium. 3. No early sale: If sold before maturity, returns depend on the market interest rate at the time of sale (reflected in bond price), not the rate at purchase. Question: What happens if market interest rates decline during the holding-to-maturity period? One-sentence conclusion: Absolute cash flows remain unchanged; YTM remains locked in; relative to new entrants, the investor gains an advantage; however, reinvestment yields a real loss; and capital gains are forfeited.

Bond Valuation and Influencing Factors

II. Bond Valuation As discussed above, the value of an asset primarily depends on the magnitude of its expected cash flows over its entire life cycle, discounted to present value. Thus, bond valuation involves discounting all future periodic interest payments and the final principal repayment to calculate the bond’s current value. 1. Basic Bond Valuation Model A typical bond pays fixed interest annually and repays principal at maturity. Its basic valuation model is: V (value) = Annual Interest × (P/A, R, n) + Face Value × (P/F, R, n) where: R denotes the annual discount rate, generally taken as the current market interest rate for investments of comparable risk. 2. Valuation of Level-Coupon Bonds A level-coupon bond pays interest evenly throughout its life. Payment frequency may be annual, semiannual, quarterly, etc. Accordingly, the valuation model for level-coupon bonds is based on payment frequency: interest per period, discount rate per period, and total number of periods = number of payments per year (m) × years to maturity (n). 3. Valuation of Pure Discount Bonds / Zero-Coupon Bonds A pure discount bond promises to pay its face value on a specified future date. With no interim interest payments, it is also called a zero-coupon bond. Its value is: V = Payment at Maturity × (P/F, R, n) Note: A bond paying both principal and accrued interest in a single lump sum at maturity is effectively a pure discount bond—except that the maturity payment equals the sum of principal plus accumulated interest, rather than just the face value. Having understood how to estimate bond value, the most critical part follows: analysis of factors influencing bond value. III. Factors Influencing Bond Value 1. Face Value and Coupon Rate (Positive Relationship) Larger face value → higher bond value; higher coupon rate → higher bond value. (Greater face value and higher coupon rate yield larger principal and interest payments, resulting in a higher present value.) 2. Discount Rate (Inverse Relationship) (1) Higher discount rate → lower bond value. (The discount rate reflects the current market interest rate; the higher the current market interest rate, the lower the present value of future cash flows.) Discount-issued bond: bond value the bond’s periodic coupon rate. Par-issued bond: bond value = face value when the periodic discount rate = the bond’s periodic coupon rate. Premium-issued bond: bond value > face value when the periodic discount rate < the bond’s periodic coupon rate. (2) Shorter bond maturity → smaller impact of discount rate changes on bond price. Since bond value equals the present value of its future cash flows, as time to maturity shortens, fewer cash flows remain subject to discounting—and thus the volatility of their present value diminishes. 3. Coupon Payment Frequency Regardless of whether a bond is issued at a discount, at par, or at a premium, increasing the coupon payment frequency raises the bond’s value. For continuously paying bonds, assuming the discount rate remains constant, the bond’s value converges toward its face value as maturity approaches—regardless of whether the discount rate is above or below the coupon rate—and equals face value exactly at maturity.

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