| Technology Services | VCU Security Treasury AAA Corporate BBB Corporate B Corporate Consider the following yields to maturity on various one-year, zero-coupon securities: 0.60% The credit spread of the single B corporate bond is closest to 1.10% 1.40% virginiacommonwealth.instructure.com 0.80% 1.60% Yield (%) 5.0 5.2 5.8 6.6 Video Quiz Chapter 6: FIRE 311 Sec Review Video Lecture Part 6.5
| Technology Services | VCU Security Treasury AAA Corporate BBB Corporate B Corporate Consider the following yields to maturity on various one-year, zero-coupon securities: 0.60% The credit spread of the single B corporate bond is closest to 1.10% 1.40% virginiacommonwealth.instructure.com 0.80% 1.60% Yield (%) 5.0 5.2 5.8 6.6 Video Quiz Chapter 6: FIRE 311 Sec Review Video Lecture Part 6.5
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![| Technology Services | VCU
Security
Treasury
AAA Corporate
BBB Corporate
B Corporate
Consider the following yields to maturity on various one-year, zero-coupon
securities:
0.60%
The credit spread of the single B corporate bond is closest to
1.10%
1.40%
virginiacommonwealth.instructure.com
0.80%
1.60%
Yield (%)
5.0
5.2
5.8
6.6
Video Quiz Chapter 6: FIRE 311 Sec
Review Video Lecture Part 6.5](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F827ba08d-994f-4772-baee-875014f5695d%2Fddd384b6-764f-42ac-b21a-2dcdec7cce38%2Fq93rnbin_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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Security
Treasury
AAA Corporate
BBB Corporate
B Corporate
Consider the following yields to maturity on various one-year, zero-coupon
securities:
0.60%
The credit spread of the single B corporate bond is closest to
1.10%
1.40%
virginiacommonwealth.instructure.com
0.80%
1.60%
Yield (%)
5.0
5.2
5.8
6.6
Video Quiz Chapter 6: FIRE 311 Sec
Review Video Lecture Part 6.5
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Credit spread is the difference in yield between bonds of a similar maturity but with different credit quality. Typically, it is calculated as the difference between the yield on a corporate bond and the benchmark rate
Credit spread
= Yield on the bond - Yield on the Treasury
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