This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and CFP designation. He is passionate about opening up information to help everyone prepare better for financial certification exams. This episode covers content for the SIE Exam.

In this episode you will learn:

- The inverse relationship between bond prices and interest rates, often compared to a seesaw.

- How to calculate a bond's Current Yield and why it differs from the fixed coupon rate.

- The key differences between Current Yield (CY), Yield to Maturity (YTM), and Yield to Call (YTC).

- A simple rule, "The Coupon is your Compass," for ranking yields on discount bonds (coupon is lowest).

- How to use the same rule for ranking yields on premium bonds (coupon is highest) and avoid common exam traps.

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