Interest Rates Mean and What Is Their Role in Valuation?

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1. Part Two Fundamentals of Financial Markets

2. Chapter 3 What Do Interest Rates Mean and What Is Their Role in Valuation?
3. Chapter Preview
o Interest rates are among the most closely watched variables in the economy. It is
imperative that what exactly is meant by the phrase interest rates is understood. In
this chapter, we will see that a concept known as yield to maturity (YTM) is the
most accurate measure of interest rates.
4. Chapter Preview
o Any description of interest rates entails an understanding certain vernacular and
definitions, most of which will not only pertain directly to interest rates but will
also be vital to understanding many other foundational concepts presented later in
the text.
5. Chapter Preview
o So, in this chapter, we will develop a better understanding of interest rates. We
examine the terminology and calculation of various rates, and we show the
importance of these rates in our lives and the general economy. Topics include:
 Measuring Interest Rates
 The Distinction Between Real and Nominal Interest Rates
 The Distinction Between Interest Rates and Returns
6. Present Value Introduction
o Different debt instruments have very different streams of cash payments to the
holder (known as cash flows ), with very different timing.
o All else being equal, debt instruments are evaluated against one another based on
the amount of each cash flow and the timing of each cash flow.
o This evaluation, where the analysis of the amount and timing of a debt
instrument’s cash flows lead to its yield to maturity or interest rate , is called
present value analysis.
7. Present Value
o The concept of present value (or present discounted value ) is based on the
commonsense notion that a dollar of cash flow paid to you one year from now is
less valuable to you than a dollar paid to you today. This notion is true because
you could invest the dollar in a savings account that earns interest and have more
than a dollar in one year.
o The term present value (PV) can be extended to mean the PV of a single cash
flow or the sum of a sequence or group of cash flows.
8. Present Value Applications
o There are four basic types of credit instruments which incorporate present value
concepts:
 Simple Loan
 Fixed Payment Loan
  Coupon Bond
 Discount Bond
9. Present Value Concept: Simple Loan Terms
o Loan Principal: the amount of funds the lender provides to the borrower.
o Maturity Date: the date the loan must be repaid; the Loan Term is from initiation
to maturity date.
o Interest Payment: the cash amount that the borrower must pay the lender for the
use of the loan principal.
o Simple Interest Rate: the interest payment divided by the loan principal; the
percentage of principal that must be paid as interest to the lender. Convention is to
express on an annual basis, irrespective of the loan term.
10. Present Value Concept: Simple Loan
11. Present Value Concept: Simple Loan (cont.)
o The previous example reinforces the concept that $100 today is preferable to $100
a year from now since today’s $100 could be lent out (or deposited) at 10%
interest to be worth $110 one year from now, or $121 in two years or $133 in
three years.
12. Yield to Maturity: Loans
o Yield to maturity = interest rate that equates today's value with present value of
all future payments
o Simple Loan Interest Rate ( i = 10%)
13. Present Value of Cash Flows: Example
14. Present Value Concept: Fixed-Payment Loan Terms
o Simple Loans require payment of one amount which equals the loan principal plus
the interest.
o Fixed-Payment Loans are loans where the loan principal and interest are repaid in
several payments, often monthly, in equal dollar amounts over the loan term.
15. Present Value Concept: Fixed-Payment Loan Terms
o Installment Loans, such as auto loans and home mortgages are frequently of the
fixed-payment type.
16. Yield to Maturity: Loans
o Fixed Payment Loan (i = 12%)
17. Yield to Maturity: Bonds
o Coupon Bond (Coupon rate = 10% = C / F )
 Consol: Fixed coupon payments of $ C forever
18. Yield to Maturity: Bonds
o One-Year Discount Bond ( P = $900, F = $1000)
19. Relationship Between Price and Yield to Maturity
o Three interesting facts in Table 3-1
 When bond is at par, yield equals coupon rate
 Price and yield are negatively related
 Yield greater than coupon rate when bond price is below par value
20. Relationship Between Price and Yield to Maturity
 o It’s also straight-forward to show that the value of a bond (price) and yield to
maturity (YTM) are negatively related. If i increase, the PV of any given cash
flow is lower; hence, the price of the bond must be lower.
21. Current Yield
o Current yield (CY) is just an approximation for YTM – easier to calculate.
However, we should be aware of its properties:
 If a bond’s price is near par and has a long maturity, then CY is a good
approximation.
 A change in the current yield always signals change in same direction as
yield to maturity
22. Yield on a Discount Basis
o One-Year Bill (P = $900, F = $1000)
o Two Characteristics
 Understates yield to maturity; longer the maturity, greater is
understatement
 Change in discount yield always signals change in same direction as yield
to maturity
23. Bond Page of the Newspaper
24. Global perspective
o In November 1998, rates on Japanese 6-month government bonds were negative!
Investors were willing to pay more than they would receive in the future.
o Best explanation is that investors found the convenience of the bills worth
something – more convenient than cash. But that can only go so far – the rate was
only slightly negative.
25. Distinction Between Real and Nominal Interest Rates
o Real interest rate
 Interest rate that is adjusted for expected changes in the price level
 Real interest rate more accurately reflects true cost of borrowing
 When the real rate is low, there are greater incentives to borrow and less to
lend
26. Distinction Between Real and Nominal Interest Rates
o Real interest rate

We usually refer to this rate as the ex ante real rate of interest because it is adjusted for
the expected level of inflation. After the fact, we can calculate the ex post real rate based
on the observed level of inflation.

27. Distinction Between Real and Nominal Interest Rates (cont.)

o If i = 5% and π e = 0% then
o If i = 10% and π e = 20% then
28. U.S. Real and Nominal Interest Rates Sample of current rates and indexes
http://www.martincapital.com/charts.htm
29. Distinction Between Interest Rates and Returns
o Rate of Return: we can decompose returns into two pieces:

Where = current yield, and = capital gains.

30. Key Facts about the Relationship Between Rates and Returns Sample of current coupon
rates and yields on government bonds http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/iyc.html
31. Maturity and the Volatility of Bond Returns
o Key findings from Table 3-2
 Only bond whose return = yield is one with maturity = holding period
 For bonds with maturity > holding period, i  P  implying capital loss
 Longer is maturity, greater is price change associated with interest rate
change
32. Maturity and the Volatility of Bond Returns (cont.)
o Key findings from Table 3-2 (continued)
 Longer is maturity, more return changes with change in interest rate
 Bond with high initial interest rate can still have negative return if i 
33. Maturity and the Volatility of Bond Returns (cont.)
o Conclusion from Table 3-2 analysis
 Prices and returns more volatile for long-term bonds because have higher
interest-rate risk
 No interest-rate risk for any bond whose maturity equals holding period
34. Reinvestment Risk
o Occurs if hold series of short bonds over long holding period
o i at which reinvest uncertain
o Gain from i , lose when i 
35. Calculating Duration i =10%, 10-Year 10% Coupon Bond
36. Calculating Duration i = 20%, 10-Year 10% Coupon Bond
37. Formula for Duration
o Key facts about duration
 All else equal, when the maturity of a bond lengthens, the duration rises as
well
 All else equal, when interest rates rise, the duration of a coupon bond fall
38. Formula for Duration
o The higher is the coupon rate on the bond, the shorter is the duration of the bond
o Duration is additive: the duration of a portfolio of securities is the weighted-
average of the durations of the individual securities, with the weights equaling the
proportion of the portfolio invested in each
39. Duration and Interest-Rate Risk
o i  10% to 11%:
 Table 3-4, 10% coupon bond
40. Duration and Interest-Rate Risk (cont.)
o i  10% to 11%:
 20% coupon bond, DUR = 5.72 years
41. Duration and Interest-Rate Risk (cont.)
o The greater is the duration of a security, the greater is the percentage change in
the market value of the security for a given change in interest rates
o Therefore, the greater is the duration of a security, the greater is its interest-rate
risk
42. Chapter Summary
 o Measuring Interest Rates: We examined several techniques for measuring the
interest rate required on debt instruments.
o The Distinction between Real and Nominal Interest Rates: We examined the
meaning of interest in the context of price inflation.
43. Chapter Summary (cont.)
o The Distinction between Interest Rates and Returns: We examined what each
means and how they should be viewed for asset valuation.