Coupon: Difference between revisions

From The Jolly Contrarian
Jump to navigation Jump to search
No edit summary
Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
No edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
{{a|glossary|[[File:Transylvanian_Bond.jpeg|center|400px|thumb|A Transylvanian [[bond]] spotted in Sighișoara yesterday]]}}[[Interest]]. Derives from the traditional means of paying interest on a [[definitive]], security-printed [[bearer bond]], wherein each interest payment was represented by a detachable perforated strip on the side of the [[bond]] - you know, like coupons in the newspaper - which the [[bondholder]] would tear off and present to the [[paying agent]] in return for the interest payment in question.
{{a|glossary|[[File:Transylvanian_Bond.jpeg|center|400px|thumb|A Transylvanian [[bond]] spotted in Sighișoara yesterday]]}}[[Interest]]. Derives from the traditional means of paying interest on a [[definitive]], security-printed [[bearer bond]], wherein each interest payment was represented by a detachable perforated strip on the side of the [[bond]] - you know, like coupons in the newspaper - which the [[bondholder]] would tear off and present to the [[paying agent]] in return for the interest payment in question.
Hence the fabled journey each year of the [[Belgian dentist]] in which he would set out in his Citroen 2CV with only his favourite pork-pie hat, a brown suit and a battered suitcase full of coupons, cross the border to Luxembourg, present his coupons to the Luxembourg [[paying agent]] and promptly depart on a two-week bacchanalian bender in the Balearic before returning to his maxillofacial practice in Brussels' red-light district on the first day of September.


[[Coupon]] can refer to any [[interest]] payment, under loans, swaps etc, or specifically to the interest payment obligation under a bond as a discrete [[financial instrument]] from its host [[bond]]. Each coupon, once detached, is its own transferable [[promissory note]] , it can trade in the same way as the bond from which it was detached trades. This is called [[coupon stripping]].
[[Coupon]] can refer to any [[interest]] payment, under loans, swaps etc, or specifically to the interest payment obligation under a bond as a discrete [[financial instrument]] from its host [[bond]]. Each coupon, once detached, is its own transferable [[promissory note]] , it can trade in the same way as the bond from which it was detached trades. This is called [[coupon stripping]].

Revision as of 07:10, 23 October 2019

The Jolly Contrarian’s Glossary
The snippy guide to financial services lingo.™
File:Transylvanian Bond.jpeg
A Transylvanian bond spotted in Sighișoara yesterday
Index — Click the ᐅ to expand:
Tell me more
Sign up for our newsletter — or just get in touch: for ½ a weekly 🍺 you get to consult JC. Ask about it here.

Interest. Derives from the traditional means of paying interest on a definitive, security-printed bearer bond, wherein each interest payment was represented by a detachable perforated strip on the side of the bond - you know, like coupons in the newspaper - which the bondholder would tear off and present to the paying agent in return for the interest payment in question.

Hence the fabled journey each year of the Belgian dentist in which he would set out in his Citroen 2CV with only his favourite pork-pie hat, a brown suit and a battered suitcase full of coupons, cross the border to Luxembourg, present his coupons to the Luxembourg paying agent and promptly depart on a two-week bacchanalian bender in the Balearic before returning to his maxillofacial practice in Brussels' red-light district on the first day of September.

Coupon can refer to any interest payment, under loans, swaps etc, or specifically to the interest payment obligation under a bond as a discrete financial instrument from its host bond. Each coupon, once detached, is its own transferable promissory note , it can trade in the same way as the bond from which it was detached trades. This is called coupon stripping.