Example: Price of a Discounted Security
The price per $100 face value of a discounted 1 year bond is returned in this example.
import com.imsl.finance.*;
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
public class pricediscEx1 {
static final DateFormat dateFormat =
DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, Locale.US);
static private GregorianCalendar parse(String s) throws ParseException {
GregorianCalendar cal = new GregorianCalendar();
cal.setTime(dateFormat.parse(s));
return cal;
}
public static void main(String args[]) throws ParseException {
GregorianCalendar settlement = parse("7/1/85");
GregorianCalendar maturity = parse("7/1/86");
double rate = .05;
double redemption = 100.;
DayCountBasis dcb = DayCountBasis.BasisNASD;
double pricedisc = Bond.pricedisc(settlement, maturity,
rate, redemption, dcb);
System.out.println("The price of the discounted bond is " +pricedisc);
}
}
Output
The price of the discounted bond is 95.0
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