Talk:Dirty price

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I don't know why this article is deemed to be confusing. So far this has been the best explanation for dirty/clean price that I have found and it helped me tremendously.

84.167.225.189 (talk) 12:45, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Clean up this page?

I was looking to add some references to this page, and it appears that it could use quite a bit of cleanup. I'd like to get some feedback from others as to whether or not this makes sense, and if it is worth it.

• It is the dirty price that corresponds to the present value of the cash flows. The clean price is then calculated by subtracting out the accrued interest.
• The formula is not really correct. Should it be here at all? Wouldn't it be better to having a link to Bond valuation, where this is described in detail?
• We could actually do more on what is meant by "price", as the term itself often seems to be the source of confusion, having a precise meaning in financial markets as a matter of convention, and often does not match what intuition suggests.

Let me know your thoughts on this. --Rudd73 (talk) 23:57, 1 May 2008 (UTC)