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PRICE

This function calculates the price per $100 face value of periodic interest security.

Syntax

PRICE(settlement, maturity, rate, yield, redeem, frequency, [basis])

Arguments

This function has these arguments:

Argument

Description

settle

[Required] Settlement date for the security

maturity

[Required] Maturity date for the security

rate

[Required] Annual coupon rate

yield

[Required] Annual yield for the security

redeem

[Required] Redemption value per $100 face value for the security

frequency

[Required] Frequency of payment, number of payments per year; must be 1, 2, or 4

basis

[Optional] Integer representing the basis for day count

Remarks

This function returns a #VALUE! error when settle or maturity is invalid. A #NUM! error is returned if frequency is a number other than 1, 2, or 4. Settlematurityfrequency, and basis are truncated to integers.

The function returns an error in the following cases:

  • If yield or rate is less than 0, a #NUM! error is returned.

  • If redeem is less than or equal to 0, a #NUM! error is returned.

  • If basis is less than 0 or greater than 4, a #NUM! error is returned.

  • If settle is greater than or equal to maturity, a #NUM! error is returned.

Examples

PRICE(A3,A4,A5,A6,A7,A8,A9)