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  "id": 1384,
  "title": "Current coupon",
  "url": "/competitions/benchmark-bond-trade-price-challenge/discussion/1384",
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  "post_date": "2012-02-22T13:55:15.697Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 1,
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  "content": "<p>Hello, can someone please explain in more details the meaning and/or purpose of this attribute from the data sets? Thank you very much!</p>",
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      "id": "8653",
      "postDate": "02/22/2012 13:55:15",
      "content": "<p>Hello, can someone please explain in more details the meaning and/or purpose of this attribute from the data sets? Thank you very much!</p>",
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      "id": "8655",
      "postDate": "02/22/2012 15:32:52",
      "content": "<p>Usually coupon refers to the amount of interest is $ terms, while yield refers to interest in % terms (coupon/bond_price).&nbsp; Coupons are usually, though NOT always static.&nbsp; For example a bond trading at 105 with coupon of 8.00 pays 8 dollars per year in interest\r\n and yields ~ 8/105 or 7.62%.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>This is an extremely simplified example as in actuality there are many possible nuances to bonds, from how many times a year interest is paid, to variable coupons, to embedded call/put options, etc.</p>",
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    {
      "id": 8655,
      "author_name": "barrenwuffet",
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      "post_date": "02/22/2012 15:32:52",
      "content": "<p>Usually coupon refers to the amount of interest is $ terms, while yield refers to interest in % terms (coupon/bond_price).&nbsp; Coupons are usually, though NOT always static.&nbsp; For example a bond trading at 105 with coupon of 8.00 pays 8 dollars per year in interest\r\n and yields ~ 8/105 or 7.62%.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>This is an extremely simplified example as in actuality there are many possible nuances to bonds, from how many times a year interest is paid, to variable coupons, to embedded call/put options, etc.</p>",
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    }
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