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- From: jaeastman@anl.gov (Jeff Eastman)
- Subject: Re: Interest rates on US Savings Bonds ...
- Message-ID: <jaeastman-260193094220@jmac.msd.anl.gov>
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- Organization: Argonne National Laboratory
- References: <1993Jan26.065530.9180@amc.com>
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 15:46:10 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan26.065530.9180@amc.com>, john@amc.com (John Sambrook)
- wrote:
- >
- > Howdy :-)
- >
- > I'm working my way through the (excellent!) book "Computer Aided
- > Financial Analysis" by Ross M. Miller, and I thought I would go ahead
- > and try my hand at creating some valuation models. For this first
- > attempt, I'm working on creating a valuation model for Series EE US
- > Savings Bonds.
- >
- > If I understand correctly Savings Bonds pay interest as follows:
- >
- > 1. The normal interest rate is 85% of the average five-year
- > Treasury rate, for the period the bonds were held.
- >
- > 2. If the bonds are held for five years, the interest rate
- > is guaranteed to be at least 6.0%.
- other stuff deleted:
- > --
- > John Sambrook DNS: john@amc.com
- > Applied Microsystems Corporation UUCP: amc-gw!john
- > Redmond, Washington 98073 Dial: (206) 882-2000 ext. 630
-
- I thought I read in November that the guaranteed rate after five years
- was lowered to just over 5%, but that the intermediate rates were not
- affected. Does anyone have any info on this?
-
- Jeff Eastman
- jaeastman@anl.gov
-