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Define Yield to Maturity

Describe what do you mean by the term Yield to Maturity?

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Yield to Maturity:

• The yield to maturity of a bond is the discount rate which makes the current value of the coupon and principal payments equivalent to the price of the bond.

• It is the yield which the investor earns when the bond is held to maturity and all the coupon and principal payments are prepared as promised.

• A bond’s yield to maturity modifies daily as interest rates rise or reduce.

• We can evaluate a bond’s yield to maturity by employing a trial-and-error approach.

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