From: Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacationaamail.com> To: Grace Reksten Skaugen Subject: Re: use this chart . Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 12:06:52 +0000 you get an A - to be precise howver , it also depends on after tax treatment of capital gains vs interest income. On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Grace Reksten Skaugen < > wrote: OK, so my question was simply if I expect I may have to sell before maturity and I expect interest rates to, say, rise, which of the two holdings should I choose? Given that the low coupon bonds will be subject to a greater loss in value I should choose the high coupon ones. But if I hold to maturity, there is no difference. (These expectations could, I guess with some risk, be used in interest rate anticipation swapping.) Thanks for clarifying! Grace :-) PS I think the last part of your email below may have gotten lost? From: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:23:54 +0200 To: Grace Skaugen Subject: Re: use this chart . I understand the question, the answer is dynamic. . lets assume from your question . intial offering . high coupons and low CANNOT be same quality. risk maturity,. as posed by your question. in the period before maturity, the bonds will slide along different curves. as per my chart. therefore measured prior to maturity , it will depend on the proportion of the coupon to the increase. ex . if two days after the purchase interest rates were to go up. the lower coupon bond would drop down more in price and then the high coupon. Therefor the question of which is better, must be asked with a time component. ie after two weeks which portfolio seems to do better marked to market. however if held to maturity, the capital appreciation would make up for the lower temp price.. and the yield to maturity , on both would still remain the same. a different combination of capital and interest. HOWEVER< by definition at the moment in time when you are measuring yield. if they are the same . their