Steven Nickolas is a freelance writer and has 10+ years of experience working as a consultant to retail and institutional investors. Amy is an ACA and the CEO and founder of OnPoint Learning, a ...

The coupon rate a company pays on a bond is the most obvious cost of debt financing, but it isn't the only cost of financing. The price at which a company sells its bonds -- and the resulting premium ...

is—it’s effectively a percentage of an amount over a year. If your savings account earns you a 0.05% interest per year (which is a really terrible interest rate, honestly), you earn $5 in interest for ...