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These market prices must be multiplied by an inflation factor, and the bottom line on a ticket for 100 bonds (that is, $100,000 of par value when issued) would have been $96,470.
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William Baldwin, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Preferreds come in par values of $25 and $1,000, with the former sold to retail investors and the latter aimed at institutions.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 27 June 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
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
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William Baldwin, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Preferreds come in par values of $25 and $1,000, with the former sold to retail investors and the latter aimed at institutions.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 27 June 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
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
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“Par value.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/par%20value. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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