Sharp EL-738F Operation Manual page 47

Basic operations
Refer to page 19 for basic variable operations.
1. Press s to clear the display.
• Make sure the calculator is in NORMAL mode.
2. Select bond calculations by
pressing # .
• To end bond calculations,
press s .
• If you press s during entry, any entered values will be
cleared.
3. Change the day-count setting, if necessary, by pressing
. & .
4. Enter the coupon rate (%) into COUPON (PMT) by entering
the value and pressing Q .
5. Enter the redemption value into REDEMPT (FV) by pressing
i , entering the value, and pressing Q .
6. Enter the date of bond purchase into M-D-Y 1 (or D-M-Y 1)
by pressing i , entering the date, and pressing Q .
• For date entry, refer to page 47, "Entering dates".
7. Enter the redemption date into M-D-Y 2 (or D-M-Y 2) by
pressing i , entering the date, and pressing Q .
• For date entry, refer to page 47, "Entering dates".
8. Enter the number of coupon payments per year into CPN/Y
(N) by pressing i , entering the value, and pressing Q .
9. To fi nd bond price or yield to maturity, do the following:
To obtain bond price (PRICE (PV)):
Enter annual yield (%) into YIELD(I/Y) by pressing i , enter-
ing the value, and pressing Q . Move to PRICE (PV) and
calculate by pressing i and @ . Display the accrued
interest (ACCU INT) by pressing i . The accrued interest is
calculated automatically.
To obtain yield to maturity (YIELD (I/Y)):
Move to PRICE (PV) and enter the bond price by pressing i
i , entering the value, and pressing Q . Move to annual
yield, YIELD (I/Y) and calculate by pressing z @ . Display
the accrued interest (ACCU INT) by pressing i i . The
accrued interest is calculated automatically.
COUPON(PMt)=
45
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