Gazprom's bonds are a security asset

In the conditions of the crisis state of the economy, people have a problem of saving earned money. There are several options: investing in real estate, buying currency, replenishing strategic food stocks, placing on bank deposits.

In addition to the above, there is another opportunity - the acquisition of debt receipts of reliable companies. Long-term securities provide an opportunity to receive an annual small but regular income.

One of these securities is Gazprom's bonds.

Issuer rating

PJSC Gazprom is an energy sector company. Types of production activities:

• Exploration of mineral resources;
• Handling of oil and gas resources;
• Processing and sale of hydrocarbon products;
• Production and sale of electric and heat energy.

PJSC "Gazprom" is in the lead in the world's top three public feedstock companies according to Forbes magazine.

The Government of the Russian Federation controls the activities of PJSC Gazprom.

The company's reliability rating and forecast as of 2017 look like:

• Dagong: AAA; stable;
• S & P: BB +; positive;
• Fitch: BBB-; stable;
• Moody's: Ba1; stable.

Alternative to deposit

The deposit is more familiar to the consumer. Let's compare the proposed type of investment with a deposit.

Log into the transaction. The deposit in some banks can be opened from one thousand rubles. Usually, debt securities are issued with a nominal value of 1 thousand rubles. But they are traded on the stock exchange more often than nominal with a lot in one paper. That is, you can invest less than a thousand rubles.

On deposits the client receives profit in the form of declared percent. The yield of Gazprom's bond consists of coupon payments plus the difference between the par value and the purchase price. Suppose a customer bought one paper at a price of 95 percent of the face value, that is, for 950 rubles. Then, at maturity, he will receive a profit of 50 Russian rubles. This is a plus for coupon payments.

As the deposit can be closed at the request of the client, and the bond sell on any day. But if the deposit contract is terminated prematurely, the depositor usually loses interest. And when selling a bond, he is awarded a coupon profit for the period of possession of the security.

It is often necessary to visit the bank for deposit operations. The client can perform all actions with bonds independently, having concluded the contract with the broker and installing the trading program.

Ruble debt receipts: price, schedule, profitability

The nominal value of ruble bonds of Gazprom is 1000 rubles.

There are several ruble issues in circulation. For example, the series BO-19 and BO-20 with a maturity date in 2043. Yield on them is determined by the issuer from the calculation of the interest of the coupon period K _mn :

K _m = (CPI - 100)% + 1%,

Where the CPI is the consumer price index.

The coupon is directly linked to the current inflation index. During the existence of the BO-19 series, the coupon interest varied from 7.3 percent to 17.4 percent. In recent years, the income is 8.3%.

Currency receipts: cost and demand

Eurobonds have a price in euros or in dollars.

For transactions with European bonds of Gazprom it is necessary:

1. Conclude a brokerage service agreement with a reliable company.
2. To make the first payment to the brokerage account.
3. Install the trading program. The broker will advise convenient free software.
4. Think over the terms of investment and formulate for yourself the purpose of acquiring. Select one or more suitable Eurobonds.
5. Make a purchase.
6. Control the change in price and quotes.

The yield of one European bond of Gazprom lies in the range of 2.75-9.25%. The total amount of the profit from the ownership consists of the size of the coupon payments and the difference between the purchase and sale prices. Revenue of 12% is achievable when working with brokerage shoulders.

Additional profit at maturity can arise from exchange rate differences at the time of purchase and on the date of termination of ownership.

The owner can apply in the program at any time to buy and sell tradable debt receipts. For example, if the price has risen to 105 percent of the face value of 1 thousand dollars. Then at the sale the owner receives plus 50 dollars.

How to buy a piece of Gazprom

You can buy securities in many ways.

The first option is to install a trading program and work through a broker. Be careful. Not all issues are available for trading through the program. Some assets need to work directly with the broker over the phone.

The second option is to buy shares of open-ended unit investment funds. Two funds work with both ruble and foreign currency assets.

The PIF "Gazprom - Bonds Plus" accepts minimum investments in the amount of 1 thousand Russian rubles.

The mutual fund "Gazprom - Foreign Exchange Bonds" starts from 5 thousand rubles.

The register of issues, taking into account the valuable debt receipts of organizations, Gazprombank and Gazpromneft, contains almost 60 items. There are papers with a circulation period of up to 2034. There are issues with the end of circulation in 2018. The choice of the duration of investment of free cash remains with you.