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Basic Question 3 of 7

The rate used to discount a stripped Treasury bond payment is:

A. the on-the-run Treasury yield for a bond of the same maturity.
B. the current 90-day T-bill rate.
C. the zero-coupon bond rate for a Treasury bond of the same maturity.

User Contributed Comments 5

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zeiad WHY C ?? BECAUSE OF ZERO-COUPON BOND
zkhan87 bullet pymts = zero cpn rates
johntan1979 The theoretical Treasury zero-coupon rates or Treasury spot rates
farhan92 strip the coupons of the sexy thang
chesschh strip to zero
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Learning Outcome Statements

explain what is meant by arbitrage-free valuation of a fixed-income instrument;

calculate the arbitrage-free value of an option-free, fixed-rate coupon bond;

CFA® 2025 Level II Curriculum, Volume 4, Module 27.