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Even as their value may fluctuate during tumultuous markets or when interest rates change, bondholders can count on receiving their interest income twice a year and their par value at maturity.
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Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 1 May 2025
Unlike ETFs, which always trade very close to par value, CEFs can (and regularly do) trade at different values on the market in relation to their underlying portfolios—a measure called the discount to net asset value (NAV).
—Michael Foster, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
If this discount is less than 0.25% of the par value, multiplied by the number of years to maturity, then the discount is taxed like a capital gain .
—Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025
The de minimis rule When investors buy municipal bonds at a discount to their par value – the amount that the issuer will repay at maturity – tax consequences may arise.
—Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025
The original data was derived from the Green Dot Corporation Class A $0.001 par value quarterly 10-Q report dated November 8, 2024.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
Such products trade on exchanges like equities but have par values and pay income like bonds.
—Weizhen Tan, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2024
The face value is also referred to as the par value or the principal.
—Chris Taylor, wsj.com, 7 Nov. 2023
That’s an 83% discount from par value.
—Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
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Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 1 May 2025
Unlike ETFs, which always trade very close to par value, CEFs can (and regularly do) trade at different values on the market in relation to their underlying portfolios—a measure called the discount to net asset value (NAV).
—Michael Foster, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
If this discount is less than 0.25% of the par value, multiplied by the number of years to maturity, then the discount is taxed like a capital gain .
—Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025
The de minimis rule When investors buy municipal bonds at a discount to their par value – the amount that the issuer will repay at maturity – tax consequences may arise.
—Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025
The original data was derived from the Green Dot Corporation Class A $0.001 par value quarterly 10-Q report dated November 8, 2024.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
Such products trade on exchanges like equities but have par values and pay income like bonds.
—Weizhen Tan, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2024
The face value is also referred to as the par value or the principal.
—Chris Taylor, wsj.com, 7 Nov. 2023
That’s an 83% discount from par value.
—Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
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“Par value.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/par%20value. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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