the price received for the instrument at its maturity
the cash distribution paid by the instrument at its maturity.
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Subject 4. Different Yield Measures of a U.S. Treasury Bill gnores the effect of interest on interest (compound interest).
Holding period yield (HPY) is the return earned by an investor if the money market instrument is held until maturity:
<span>P 0 = the initial price of the instrument P 1 = the price received for the instrument at its maturity D 1 = the cash distribution paid by the instrument at its maturity (that is, interest).
Since a pure discount instrument (e.g., a T-bill) makes no interest payment, its HPY is (P 1 - P 0 )/P 0 .
Note that HPY is computed on the basis of purchase price, n
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