360 = the bank convention of the number of days in a year.
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the annualized yield on a bank discount basis
the dollar discount, which is equal to the difference between the face value of the bill, F, and its purchase price, P
the number of days remaining to maturity
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Subject 4. Different Yield Measures of a U.S. Treasury Bill bills).
Pure discount instruments such as T-bills are quoted differently than U.S. government bonds. They are quoted on a bank discount basis rather than on a price basis:
<span>r BD = the annualized yield on a bank discount basis D = the dollar discount, which is equal to the difference between the face value of the bill, F, and its purchase price, P t = the number of days remaining to maturity 360 = the bank convention of the number of days in a year.
Bank discount yield is not a meaningful measure of the return on investment because:
It is based on the face value, not on the purchase price. Instead, return on inves
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