Manuals/calci/ODDFYIELD

ODDFYIELD (SettlementDate,MaturityDate,IssueDate,FirstCouponDate,Rate,Price,Redemption,Frequency,Basis,Guess)

$SettlementDate$ is the settlement.
$MaturityDate$ is the maturity.
$IssueDate$ is the issue date.
$FirstCouponDate$ is the first coupon date.
$Rate$ is the rate of interest.
$Price$ is the security's price.
$Redemption$ is the security's redemption.
$Frequency$ is the frequency.
is the basis.
- ODDFYIELD(),returns the yield of a security with an odd first period.

Description

This function gives the yield of a security that pays interest periodically but has an odd first period.
, is the security's settlementDate. It is a Date or DateTime specifying when the security was purchased.
is the security's maturity date. This date is after the settlement date specifying when the security matures.
is the date which is specifying when the security was issued.
is the date which is specifying when the security has its first interest payment. This date must be after the settlement date but before the maturity date.
is a non-negative number specifying the interest rate for the coupons that the security pays.
is a non-negative number or currency specifying the security’s purchase price per $100 of face value.
is a number or currency specifying the security’s value at redemption per $100 of face value.
is is a number specifying the number of coupons per year.
The supported values are

 1 -annual payments
 2 -semiannual payments
 4 -quarterly.

To find the value of a we are using the iterative technique.
The value is changed through 100 iterations until the estimated price with the given value is near to the price.
The date arguments must satisfy the following conditions:

   IssueDate<SettlementDate <FirstCouponDate < MaturityDate.

  1.The date arguments SettlementDate,MaturityDate and FirstCouponDate are not a valid date.
  2.Rate<0 or Price<=0
  3.Basis<0 or Basis>4