Yield to Maturity Is Always Received as Promised: A Reply

This theoretical note elaborates upon why it is a myth that YTM is viewed as only a promised but not really earned interest rate. It addresses some misconceptions in Shirnani and Wilbratte (2009) on what, between YTM and RCY, is a true rate of return of a coupon bond, why YTM is not just a "fictitious mathematical construct," and why YTM has nothing to do with a yield curve.

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Year of publication:	2008-05-15
Authors:	Cebula, Richard ; Yang, Bill
Institutions:	Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Subject:	yield to maturity \| earned interest rate \| yield curve

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	MPRA Paper.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Published in Journal of Economics and Finance Education 2.8(2009): pp. 38-41
Classification:	E43 - Determination of Interest Rates; Term Structure Interest Rates ; G12 - Asset Pricing
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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