Questions tagged [fixed-income]
Securities which obligate the borrower/issuer to make payments on a fixed schedule. Fixed income securities include sovereign, corporate and municipal bonds, corporate loans, and securitized lending (e.g., ABS). "Fixed" refers only to the schedule of obligatory payments, not the amount, and may include inflation linked bonds, variable-interest rate notes, and the like.
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Short bond convexity
Assuming you need to pick a bond to short. Is it better a bond with large or small convexity (all other things being equal)?
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How can I optimize a Bond Portfolio in Practice?
I'd like to optimize a bond portfolio with different bond classes (government bonds, corporates, ...) and different ratings as well as maturities. Is this even possible to optimize such a portfolio? ...
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How to value 3mo SOFR Spreads one year out, 2yr out
How does one value a 3mo spread spread in the far out future from present if fomc meeting schedule is only published for one year, and even with fomc's dot plot, it just shows the median expectation ...
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Modified Duration vs. Real-World Bond Price and Yield Changes
We know that modified duration at time $t$ of a bond with maturity $n$ is defined as:
$$
D_{nt} = - \frac{1}{P_{nt}} \frac{\partial{P_{nt}}}{\partial y_{nt}}
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And the definition of a derivative is:
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Swap/Bond basis: Bond rates "too high" or swap rates "too low"?
I suppose this question is more of a discussion piece than a question per se, so I apologize in advance.
I've long been fascinated by the large negative basis between government bonds and swaps. These ...
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How do I calculate yield and trading margin of an Australian Dollar floating rate note?
I am trying to calculate the yield and trading margin on an AUD FRN in a robust manner. I am hoping someone can help with a few details.
I am forecasting cash flows and solving for the discount rate ...
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IRS Swaps market
I would like to understand who are the major actors in the IRS Swap market and what's the major reason of the volume traded for a certain tenor.
I am not able to find any of this information that ...
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CS01 implied Var calculation
is there any straightforward way to roughly calculate the daily var from the CS01. Mostly from the corporate bond position. thanks,
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Dealing with day counts that span a weekend
Consider the following security:
CUSIP: 3130A3GE8
Federal Home Loan Bank
Maturity: 2024-12-13
Coupon: 2.75 % (CPN)
Previous Coupon Date: 2019-06-13
Today is ...
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Compute I-spread from ASW-spread (or vice versa)
The I-spread ("mid swap spread" or yield-yield spread) is a standlone measure of credit risk, a security against matched maturity vanilla swap rate. Consider a package in which the investor receives ...
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Discount margin on FRN - widening but bond price increasing?
Why would a bonds discount margin widen but its price increase? Shouldn't the price be falling when margins are widening?
Looking at the bond pricing formula, if the price is higher doesn't the rate ...
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Simple arbitrage pricing of bond option
This is Tuckman fixed income security textbook. The text here is trying to price a 990 six month call on a six month zero bond. When we replicate the portfolio, where is the F_.5 coming from?
My ...
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GBP OIS Curve - Zero Rate Curve Calculation in Quantlib
I am new to Quantlib and I am looking to create a Zero Rate Curve from GBP OIS to then use to calculate the present value of fixed rate bonds.
I have Looked at the documentation:
https://quantlib-...
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Modified duration in multi-currency portfolio
I was thinking about how to figure aut duration for portfolio of bonds denominated in different currencies… I would like to compare sensitivity of portfolio to shift of yield with competitive ...
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Calculating swap rolldown using the RatesLib Python Library
The code I am using is below, pulling in swap curves from BBG and then using RatesLib to price the swaps.
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