Glossary
Chapter 31: The Capital Market
annual return the dividend plus the capital gain per year capital gain an increase in the price of financial capital coupon fixed amount a borrower agrees to pay the bondholder each year dividend the amount returned to shareholders on each share of stock as a precent of the value of the stock financial capital the money used to purchase capital; stocks and bonds future value the equivalent value in the future of some amount received today maturity date the time when the coupon payments end and the principal is paid back present value the equivalent value today of some amount to be received in the future saving not consuming all current production yield the annual rate of return on a bond if the bond is held to maturity
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