<p>The "clean price" of a bond has a technical meaning. It is the invoice price of a bond (which is what your formula refers to), less the accrued interest. (The invoice price is the total dollar amount you pay when you buy a bond.)</p>

<p>The invoice price of a bond is mapped to the yield using the formula you give. Yes, this is equivalent to an internal rate of return. (There may be small technical differences between a bond yield than an internal rate of return; bond yields have a slightly more complex quote convention. Your formula is only an approximation.) It is a "quoted price" if the price comes from some source of market pricing. Most price quotations refer to the clean price; you need to add accrued interest to get the invoice price.</p>

<p>This would not normally be called a theoretical price, it is just a straightforward application of a pricing formula.</p>

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<p>When we refer to "quoted price" of bond, or "clean price", it is equivalent to refer to his "present value" or "theoretical value", which corresponds to the price that I invest in the bond? </p>

<p>For example, for a fixed coupon bond $C_t$, it is given by:
$$P=\sum_t\frac{C_t}{(1+r)^t}+\frac{VR}{(1+r)^n}$$
where VR is the nominal value of the bond and r is the rate of yield</p>

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What is the difference between quoted price and theoretical value of a bond?
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# What is the difference between quoted price and theoretical value of a bond?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-03-22)

When we refer to "quoted price" of bond, or "clean price", it is equivalent to refer to his "present value" or "theoretical value", which corresponds to the price that I invest in the bond?

For example, for a fixed coupon bond $C\_t$, it is given by:
$$P=\sum\_t\frac{C\_t}{(1+r)^t}+\frac{VR}{(1+r)^n}$$
where VR is the nominal value of the bond and r is the rate of yield

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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-04-15. Score: 0

The "clean price" of a bond has a technical meaning. It is the invoice price of a bond (which is what your formula refers to), less the accrued interest. (The invoice price is the total dollar amount you pay when you buy a bond.)

The invoice price of a bond is mapped to the yield using the formula you give. Yes, this is equivalent to an internal rate of return. (There may be small technical differences between a bond yield than an internal rate of return; bond yields have a slightly more complex quote convention. Your formula is only an approximation.) It is a "quoted price" if the price comes from some source of market pricing. Most price quotations refer to the clean price; you need to add accrued interest to get the invoice price.

This would not normally be called a theoretical price, it is just a straightforward application of a pricing formula.


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