=YIELD() ☆

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• Microsoft Excel stores dates as sequential serial numbers so they can be used in calculations. By default, January 1, 1900 is serial number 1, and January 1, 2008 is serial number 39448 because it is 39,448 days after January 1, 1900.
• The settlement date is the date a buyer purchases a coupon, such as a bond. The maturity date is the date when a coupon expires. For example, suppose a 30-year bond is issued on January 1, 2008, and is purchased by a buyer six months later. The issue date would be January 1, 2008, the settlement date would be July 1, 2008, and the maturity date would be January 1, 2038, which is 30 years after the January 1, 2008, issue date.
• Settlement, maturity, frequency, and basis are truncated to integers.
• If settlement or maturity is not a valid date, YIELD returns the #VALUE! error value.
• If rate < 0, YIELD returns the #NUM! error value.
• If pr ≤ 0 or if redemption ≤ 0, YIELD returns the #NUM! error value.
• If frequency is any number other than 1, 2, or 4, YIELD returns the #NUM! error value.
• If basis < 0 or if basis > 4, YIELD returns the #NUM! error value.
• If settlement ≥ maturity, YIELD returns the #NUM! error value.
• If there is one coupon period or less until redemption, YIELD is calculated as follows: where: A = number of days from the beginning of the coupon period to the settlement date (accrued days). DSR = number of days from the settlement date to the redemption date. E = number of days in the coupon period.
• If there is more than one coupon period until redemption, YIELD is calculated through a hundred iterations. The resolution uses the Newton method, based on the formula used for the function PRICE. The yield is changed until the estimated price given the yield is close to price.

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• Dates should be entered by using the DATE function, or as results of other formulas or functions. For example, use DATE(2008,5,23) for the 23rd day of May, 2008. Problems can occur if dates are entered as text.
• Microsoft Excel stores dates as sequential serial numbers so they can be used in calculations. By default, January 1, 1900 is serial number 1, and January 1, 2008 is serial number 39448 because it is 39,448 days after January 1, 1900.
• The settlement date is the date a buyer purchases a coupon, such as a bond. The maturity date is the date when a coupon expires. For example, suppose a 30-year bond is issued on January 1, 2008, and is purchased by a buyer six months later. The issue date would be January 1, 2008, the settlement date would be July 1, 2008, and the maturity date would be January 1, 2038, which is 30 years after the January 1, 2008, issue date.
• Settlement, maturity, frequency, and basis are truncated to integers.
• If there is more than one coupon period until redemption, YIELD is calculated through a hundred iterations. The resolution uses the Newton method, based on the formula used for the function PRICE. The yield is changed until the estimated price given the yield is close to price.

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