Apple iWork '09 - Manual (Page 109)

Chapter 6 Financial Functions 109
Example
Assume you are considering the purchase of the hypothetical security described by the values listed.
You could use the COUPDAYSNC function to determine the number of days until the next coupon
payment date. This would be the number of days until the first coupon payment you would receive.
The function returns 89, since there are 89 days between settlement date of April 2, 2010, and the
next coupon payment date of June 30, 2010.
settle maturity frequency days-basis
=COUPDAYSNC(B2, C2,
D2, E2, F2, G2) 4/2/2010 12/31/2015 4 1
Related Topics
For related functions and additional information, see:
“COUPDAYS” on page 107
“COUPDAYBS” on page 105
“Common Arguments Used in Financial Functions” on page 341
“Listing of Financial Functions” on page 96
“Value Types” on page 36
“The Elements of Formulas” on page 15
“Using the Keyboard and Mouse to Create and Edit Formulas” on page 26
“Pasting from Examples in Help” on page 41
COUPNUM
The COUPNUM function returns the number of coupons remaining to be paid
between the settlement date and the maturity date.
COUPNUM(settle, maturity, frequency, days-basis)
 settle: The trade settlement date. settle is a date/time value. The trade settlement
date is usually one or more days after the trade date.
 maturity: The date when the security matures. maturity is a date/time value. It must
be after settle.
 frequency: The number of coupon payments each year.
annual (1): One payment per year.
semiannual (2): Two payments per year.
quarterly (4): Four payments per year.