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How to Buy Treasury Bonds at Discounted Par Value
If you're looking for, let's say, a two-year treasury bond, well, it's around 4.3% right now. You'll notice when you click through the individual bonds, they were all issued at different dates. And so if you've been wondering why the coupon payment is so different, it's because different dates. If you don't hold the bond to maturity, you can end up on this marketplace because you needed the liquidity and so you sell at a discount.