For example, if you buy a zero-coupon bond with a face value of $10,000 and a 10-year maturity at a discount price of $6,500, you’ll get back your $6,500 principal plus $3,500 in profit when the ...

Looking for investments offering predictable long-term returns, zero-coupon bonds might be a good choice. But what is a zero coupon bond, and how do they work?

For example, you might pay $5,000 for a zero-coupon bond with a face value of $10,000 and receive the full price, $10,000, upon maturity in 20 or 30 years. Zero-coupon CDs work the same way.

While your coupon rate is still 2.5%, you bought it at a discount, so your yield rate is 2.78% since the coupon payment is now larger when compared to the cost of the bond; $25 divided by $900 is ...

Zero coupon bonds are taxed differently because they don't pay regular interest. Instead, they're sold at a discount and reach full value at maturity. Each year, investors must report "imputed ...

PIMCO 25 Year Zero Coupon U.S. Treasury Index ETF (ZROZ) surged 19.4% in a month, outperforming the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust's 9.9% gain. ZROZ's rally is attributed to its investment in long ...

Japanese hotel firm Metaplanet (3350) has issued a 2 billion yen ($13.3 million) zero-coupon ordinary bond, with proceeds earmarked for additional bitcoin (BTC) purchases. The bond is scheduled to ...

The 20-year maturity zero coupon “Strips” maturity in 2043 will give you a 5.35% yield to maturity. But there is no coupon payment, so the price today to get 100 in the future is only 35.

The 2034 zero-coupon Austrian government bonds, which the federal government is offering to creditors who accept a discounted buyback offer for bonds of "bad bank" Heta, will be settled on or ...

A peculiar bond exchange-traded fund (ETF) doubled the returns of the S&P 500 over the last month. The PIMCO 25 Year Zero Coupon U.S. Treasury Index ETF (NYSE:ZROZ) surged 19.4% from Nov. 1 to Dec ...