单选题 The dirty, or full, price of a bond: A. applies if an issuer has defaulted. B. equals the present value of all cash flows, plus accrued interest. C. is paid when a security trades ex-coupon.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】The dirty price of a bond equals the quoted price plus accrued interest. If an issuer has defaulted, the bond trades without interest and is said to trade flat. When a security trades ex-coupon, the buyer pays the clean price, which is the quoted price without accrued interest. The dirty price of a bond is greater than the clean price by the amount of the accrued interest. (If the bond trades on a coupon date, the dirty price will equal the clean price. )