how are bonds traded?

I tried looking for answers but I could not get a clear answer, so I am hoping someone will provide me one here.

- For 10 year treasury note, if I were to buy x amount today at yield of 2.60%, does that mean purchased x amount will mature in 10 years starting today?
- if it is maturing in 10 years, how is the yield for 10 year treasury note continuously quoted in Bloomberg?
- how is the price of 10 year treasury note quoted?
- how is it different from 10 year treasury note futures price?
- if I buy 1 contract of 10 year treasury note (September 2013) futures and hold onto it until maturity, what exactly do I get? Do I get 10 year treasury note maturing in 10 years starting at the delivery date of the futures contract?

Thank you so much for helping me!

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  1. You will buy the most current 10 year note, which was issue in April and re-opened June 13 if I am not mistaken.

  2. Bloomberg quotes the most current 10 year note...the US Treasury issues new 10 year notes a few times a year.

  3. From Wikipedia: T-Notes and T-Bonds are quoted on the secondary market at percentage of par in thirty-seconds of a point (n/32 of a point, where n = 1,2,3,...). Thus, for example, a quote of 95:07 on a note indicates that it is trading at a discount: $952.19 (i.e., 95 + 7/32%) for a $1,000 bond. (Several different notations may be used for bond price quotes. The example of 95 and 7/32 points may be written as 95:07, or 95-07, or 95'07, or decimalized as 95.21875.) Other notation includes a +, which indicates 1/64 points and a third digit may be specified to represent 1/256 points. Examples include 95:07+ which equates to (95 + 7/32 + 1/64) and 95:073 which equates to (95 + 7/32 + 3/256). Notation such as 95:073+ is not typically used.

 
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