1. Current yield is the ratio of the annual coupon to the
current price of the bond .
Current Yield =Coupon/Price
2. No APR is not effective annual rate .
EAR =(1+APR/n)^n -1 . Here n is the number of compounding. Higher
the number of compounding higher the effective annual rate.
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