Example: Treasury Bill Yield
The yield for a 1 year Treasury bill is returned in this example.
import com.imsl.finance.*;
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
public class tbillyieldEx1 {
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 price = 94.93;
double tbillyield = Bond.tbillyield(settlement, maturity, price);
System.out.println("The yield for the T-bill is " +tbillyield);
}
}
Output
The yield for the T-bill is 0.05267616080486118
Link to Java source.