TRUECALC
Functions

YIELDDISC

Annual yield for discounted security

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When to use it

When should I use YIELDDISC?

Use YIELDDISC to compute the annual yield of a discounted security (one that pays no coupon and is sold below face value) — common for Treasury bills, commercial paper, and other short-term discount instruments.

Used in

finance

Syntax

YIELDDISC(settlement, maturity, pr, redemption, [basis])

Examples

=YIELDDISC(DATE(2010,1,2),DATE(2010,12,31),98.45,100) // => 0.01578788774755221
=YIELDDISC(DATE(2010,1,2),DATE(2010,12,31),98.45,100,2) // => 0.015613916532703151

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