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Find Price & Yield Data
Example 1: Find generic 1-month US bond prices
| Step 1: | GGR < GO > |
| Step 2: | Select 19) UNITED STATES |
| Step 3: | Select 2) 1 MONTH |
| Step 4: | Select 83) HP |
Notice we are in the Index market? The generic rates are a composite of different individual bonds. If we knew the ticker and function code beforehand we could have gotten here in one step like this:
| Step 1: |
USGG1M < INDEX > HP < GO > |
Example 2: Find yields on the Austrian 20-year bond, RAGB6 1/4
| Step 1: | < GOVT > TK < GO > |
| Step 2: | Select 9) Austria |
| Step 3: | Select 9) CTATS Current Treasury Notes/Bonds |
| Step 4: | Select 10) 20YR RAGB |
| Step 5: | GY < GO > - Yield chart and data |
Example 3: Find all the current bonds for IBM
| Step 1: | IBM < CORP > < GO > |
| Note: | You can modify the list with the amber drop-down menus. |
If you know the coupon and maturity as well as the function codes ahead of time you can enter it directly for example:
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Example : |
IBM 7 1/2 < CORP > GY < GO > |
Other functions of interest:
| ALLQ < GO > |
| All Quotes can monitor the pricing data on a fixed income security from a number of sources. |
| < GOVT > WB < GO > |
| World Bond Markets brings global benchmark bonds to one screen. |
| < GOVT > DIS < GO > |
| Distressed debt menu. |
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