Month: April 2023

  • Valuing Risky Bonds

    In this context, a risky bond is one for which there is a nonzero probability of default.  Conceptually, valuing such a bond is child’s play: you calculate the (present) value of the bond assuming no default (which the curriculum abbreviates VND: Value, No Default), then subtract the (present) value of the expected credit losses (i.e.,…