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Setting the r in put-call parity?
Put-call parity is given by $C + Ke^{-r(T-t)} = P + S$.
The variables $C$, $P$ and $S$ are directly observable in the market place. $T-t$ follows by the contract specification.
The variable $r$ is ...
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How to value a floor when a loan is callable?
Certain bank loans pay a spread above a floating-rate interest rate (typically LIBOR) subject to a floor. I would like to find the value of this floor to the investor. Assume for this example that ...
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What are the limits of bond portfolio immunization against interest rate changes?
I'm currently reading through an article on bond portfolio immunization against changes in the interest rate.
I learned that the immunization can be done against instant changes in interest rate ...
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How to reduce variance in a Cox-Ingersoll-Ross Monte Carlo simulation?
I am working out a numerical integral for option pricing in which I'm simulating an interest rate process using a Cox-Ingersoll-Ross process. Each step in my Monte Carlo generated path is a ...
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Why is the SABR volatility model not good at pricing a constant maturity swap (CMS)?
I have heard that the SABR volatility model was not good at pricing a constant maturity swap (CMS). How is that?
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Government bonds with negative yield
In the recent time-series of bonds issued by (for example) Germany, Austria and France we see an unfamiliar phenomenon: negative yields. This is mainly the issue on the short end of the yield curve. ...
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Derive a short rate model from HJM
Suppose we are assuming the HJM framework. My question is, if it is possible to derive for different choices of the volatility function $\sigma$ (and hence of the drift function) the most common short ...
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Deriving spot rates from treasury yield curve
I've been experimenting with bond pricing using easily available data (treasury auction prices and treasury yield curves on treasury direct).
At first I assumed that I could use the components yield ...
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inflation > interest rate? [closed]
Currently, the federal reserve interest rate is 0-0.25%, and the inflation is 2-3%. Does this contradict the no-arbitrage principle? (The arbitrage being: borrow money at 0.25% and invest it in the ...
