What Elements Determine What the Yield to Maturity Will Be

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Essay

What elements determine what the yield to maturity will be for a bond?

Recognize the significant role of African American women in the early recording industry.

Identify major cities as centers of jazz and cultural movements.

Acknowledge the contributions of black artists and entrepreneurs to the recording industry and other arts.

Understand the characteristics and impact of the Harlem Renaissance on black cultural identity.

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Definitions:

Market Price

The price at which a service or asset is currently available for buy or sell transactions.

Intrinsic Value

An underlying or fundamental value. In securities analysis, the price of a security (usually a stock) derived from extensive analysis of the issuing company and its industry. In financial options, the difference between the market price of the underlying stock and the price at which an option on that stock can be exercised (the strike price) if that difference is positive, zero if it is not.

Stock Dividend

A payment made by a corporation to its shareholders in the form of additional shares, rather than cash.

Retained Earnings

Profits that a company has earned to date, less any dividends or other distributions paid to shareholders, which are reinvested into the business.