Carrying value equals bond face value plus unamortized premiums or minus discounts. Calculate it using face, current term, and premium or discount per year. Investors use carrying value to assess bond ...

Most investors reach for a broad, market-value-weighted bond fund to fill the bond portion of their portfolio. While no weighting approach is perfect, market-value weighting often provides the most ...

When a bond has an interest rate that's higher than prevailing rates in the bond market, it will typically trade at a price higher than its face value. Such a bond is said to trade at a premium, and ...