Recording Depreciation on Long-Lived Assets Affects the Balance Sheet and the Income

question 165

True/False

Recording depreciation on long-lived assets affects the balance sheet and the income statement.

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Definitions:

Basis Points

A financial measurement unit representing the percentage shift in the value or rate of a financial asset, which is equal to one hundredth of a percent.

Yield To Maturity

The total return anticipated on a bond if the bond is held until its maturity date, expressed as an annual rate.

Duration

A measure of the sensitivity of a bond's or fixed income portfolio's price to changes in interest rates, often used to manage interest rate risk.

Modified Duration

A measure of the sensitivity of a bond's price to changes in interest rates, specifically reflecting how much the duration changes for a 1% change in yield.