Corporate Bond List is a type of corporate bond index through which one can show the various kinds of Corporate Bonds that are available in the market. Some of types of corporate bonds available in the Corporate Bond List are:
Convertible Bonds
Junk Bonds
Strips Bond
Treasury Inflation-Adjusted Securities
High Yield Bonds
Zero Coupon Bonds
Convertible Bonds: If one invests in a corporate convertible bond he is said to be investing in actually two things by paying the price of one. One does not only get the bond security but also gets interest payments on a regular basis alongside with the right to convert the bond's face value of a company. This one of the types in the Corporate Bond List.
Junk Bonds: When one buys a bond, one actually provides loans to that particular company whose bonds he has bought. The company instead provides a certain rate of interest to the bond buyer. This kind of bond is actually low rated bond that provides a high rate of interest and also possess a high rate of risk. That is why it is named the Junk Bond in the Corporate Bond List.
Zero Coupon Bond: This is a kind of bond that does not pay any amount of coupon but is traded with a very high rate of discount. One can though have income from this bond through the profit that is arrived at when the bond achieves maturity. This kind of zero coupon bond is also known as the accrual of bond in the Corporate Bond List.
Strips Bond: Strips are one kind of Debt Securities which are actually created by the stripping of the coupon. These are actually treasury bonds which is only devoid of the strips is been separated. The investor has the option of choosing out the interest of the strips bond or the principal of the bond.