# 💜 Nutrition Facts (Bonds)

By [Let Them Eat Cake](https://paragraph.com/@ltecake) · 2022-06-21

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**Price / Price** Just like a product can be cheap, average, or expensive, bonds can be discounted, par, or premium. Since par is almost always $1,000, discount is any bond sold for <$1,000 and premium is any bond sold for >$1,000.

**Issue Frequency / Distribution** Just like product can be a limited edition or supermarket staple, bonds may be issued once or issued once every few days for 50 years.

**Maturity / Expiration Date**

Like most foods, almost all bonds have a maturity date, when they must be consumed.

**Interest or Coupon Amount / Taste**

When you buy a product, you expect a certain satisfaction from consuming it. For bond investors this is the return on the investment and shows up as periodic interest payments. When comparing the price of the product to the coupon amount, investors calculate an overall yield, which also reflects the success of the product.

**Issuer / Ingredients**

The substance of your product. It could be a single ingredient item, or an amalgamation.

**Health Labels**

*   Environmental Friendly / Non GMO
    
*   Socially Responsible / Organic
    
*   Corporate Governance Best Practices / Ethically Sourced
    

**Warning Labels**

*   Unregistered Security / Not FDA Approved
    
*   Currency Risk / Contains Caffeine
    
*   Political Risk / Processed in a Facility that Contains Nuts
    
*   Inflation Risk / Bag may expand at altitude
    
*   Interest Rate Risk / Not subject to future sales

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*Originally published on [Let Them Eat Cake](https://paragraph.com/@ltecake/nutrition-facts-bonds)*