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Lets find out more about Bonds characteristics as below:

* Nominal Value (Face Value) is the principal of a bond’s value to be received by holders of bonds on the bond matures.
* Coupon (the Interest Rate) is the value of interest received by the bondholders (the prevalence of bond coupon payments are every 3 or 6 months) Coupon bonds are expressed in annual percentages.
* Maturity (Maturity) is the date when the bondholders will receive principal payment or the value of the bond. The maturity date of the bond varies from 365 days to more than 5 years. Bonds that will mature within one year will be easier to predict, so have the risks are smaller than the bonds that have maturity period within 5 years. In general, the longer the maturity of a bond, the higher the coupon / interest.
* Publisher / Issuer (Issuer) Knowing the bond issuer is a very important factor in bond investing. Measuring the risk / likelihood of publishers bond can not make a payment coupon or principal amount on time (called default risk) can be seen from the rankings (ratings).

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Continuing last articles about bonds, today I’d like to discuss it in more easy to understand view. Lets start it with definitions. Bond is a medium-term debt securities which are transferable long that contains a promise from the issuing party to pay compensation in the form of interest in a certain period and pay off the principal debt at a specified time to the purchaser of the bonds.

Bonds has several different types, namely as below:
1) Judging from the publishers:
a) Corporate Bonds: Bonds issued by companies, either in the form of state-owned enterprises (SOEs), or private entities.
b) Government Bonds: Bonds issued by the central government.
c) Municipal Bond: Bond issued by local governments to finance projects related to public interest (public utility).
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