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Texas Instruments BA II PLUS User Manual

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Bond Worksheet

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If necessary, change the day-count method (

ACT

or

360

) and coupon-

frequency (

2/Y

or

1/Y

). The Bond worksheet stores all values and settings

until you clear the worksheet or change the values and settings.

Note: Dates are not changed when you clear a worksheet.

Entering Known Bond Values

1.

Press

& l. The current

SDT

value appears.

2.

To clear the worksheet, press

& z.

3.

If necessary, key in a new

SDT

value and press

!.

4.

Repeat step 3 for

CPN

,

RDT

, and

RV

, pressing

# once for each

variable.

Note: To enter dates, use this convention: mm.ddyy (US) or dd.mmyy
(European).

Setting the Bond Day-Count Method and Coupon
Frequency

1.

To display the day-count method, press

# until

ACT

or

360

appears.

2.

To change the day-count method, press

& V.

3.

To display the coupon frequency, press

# until

2/Y

or

1/Y

appears.

4.

To change the coupon frequency, press

& V.

Computing the Bond Price (PRI)

1.

Press

# until

YLD

appears.

2.

Key in a value for

YLD

and press

!.

3.

Press

# to display

PRI

, and then press

%. The calculator displays the

computed

PRI

value.

Computing the Bond Yield (YLD)

1.

Press

# until

PRI

appears.

2.

Key in a value for

PRI

and press

!.

3.

Press

# to display

YLD

, and then press

%. The calculator displays

the computed

YLD

value.

Computing Accrued Interest (AI)

To compute accrued interest, press

# until the

AI

variable appears. The

calculator automatically computes

AI

in terms of dollars per $100 of par

value.