Income Beginner:
Buying Bonds
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1.
Buying diversified bond mutual funds has more risk than buying a few bonds individually.
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True
False
False. Because diversified bond funds contain many different kinds of bonds, they tend to have less risk than small groups of individual bonds.
2.
The face value of a bond is known as its _______.
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Premium
Par
Coupon rate
Par. In bond language, par means face value.
3.
The time at which you are paid back for a bond is known as its _______.
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Value
Yield
Maturity
Maturity. A bond's maturity is the date upon which the investor's money is repaid by the issuer.
4.
New-issue bonds are bonds that are sold through the secondary market.
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True
False
False. New-issue bonds are purchased directly from the bond issuer.
5.
US Treasury bonds bought over the counter have no transaction costs.
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True
False
False. Treasury bonds bought over the counter may have a small, additional flat fee.
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