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01 / UNDERSTANDING
Learning objectives
Cover fixed cash flows, coupon rate, discounting and market yield. The objective is to explain the price-yield relationship with explicit assumptions and distinguish contractual income from an investor's realised return. Use the same promised cash-flow stream under two assumed required yields and compare its present values. Then distinguish the coupon calculation from the price-based yield concept. The learner should explain why a contractual payment can remain fixed while the market price needed to attract investors changes.
02 / UNDERSTANDING
The concept in context
A plain fixed-coupon bond promises specified cash flows subject to the issuer's ability and obligation to pay. Market participants value those flows using a required return. With other assumptions unchanged, a higher required yield lowers their present value and a lower required yield raises it.
03 / UNDERSTANDING
A worked learning case
A bond pays a fixed coupon and matures at a stated amount. Newly available comparable investments offer a higher required return in a hypothetical scenario. The existing bond's fixed cash flows become less attractive at its old price, so a lower price is needed to provide the higher required yield, assuming other factors remain unchanged.
ORIGINAL EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE
Try it before you check.
With fixed cash flows and other assumptions unchanged, what happens to bond price when required yield rises?
Show the answer and reasoning
Price falls.
The cash flows are discounted at a higher required rate, reducing their present value. The fixed coupon itself does not rise merely because market yields increase. This inverse relationship is a controlled comparison; actual bond prices can also reflect changes in credit risk, liquidity and expected cash-flow performance.
Two traps to watch for.
- Treating coupon rate and market yield as identical concepts.
- Applying the inverse relationship without holding other factors constant.
YOUR TOPIC-SPECIFIC LEARNING MAP
Your revision map
List the bond's promised coupon and maturity cash flows.
Explain how a higher discount rate changes their present value.
Separate the fixed coupon from the investor's purchase-price-based return.
Explain the idea, apply it to a new situation, then check what changed in your reasoning.
BANKERS TUTORIAL · SOURCE NOTES
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Official links provide subject context and authoritative reference material. This guide’s explanation, scenario and question are original Bankers Tutorial learning content.
- iibf.org.in https://iibf.org.in/jaiib-junior-associate-IIBF
- iibf.org.in https://iibf.org.in/documents/RulesSyllabus/2026/FlagshipCourses/21%20-%20JAIIB-Final_Exam_24.07.25_Final_23.02.2026.pdf
- www.rbi.org.in https://www.rbi.org.in/commonperson/English/Scripts/PressReleases.aspx?Id=2123
- investor.sebi.gov.in https://investor.sebi.gov.in/securities-howtoinvest.html
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