yield-to-maturity

Financial Risk Manager (FRM, Topic 4: Valuation and Risk Models, Fixed Income, Bruce Tuckman Chapter 3, Returns, Spreads and Yields). Yield to maturity (aka, yield) is the single rate that discounts a bond's cash flows to a present value that matches the bond's traded (observed) price.

In case this is more helpful, I recorded a SHORTER version (trying to cut to the chase) of my previous video's explanation of bond yield (aka, yield to maturity). I make the same four (4) points about how to interpret that yield.

Superficially, the yield to maturity (YTM, aka yield) simply inverts the usual time value of money (TVM) inputs by solving for the yield as a function of four inputs: face (future) value, coupon (payment), maturity (time), and current price (present value). But in terms of interpretation, I...

Hi, I have a question on the assumptions behind Yield-To-Maturity. I have read the Yield-To-Maturity (YTM) chapter on the Tuckman (chapter 3 on my edition) that explains why YTM is a measure of the realized return to maturity of a bond. My understanding of the explanation is as follow: If...