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Why was CDS-bond basis close to zero before the financial crisis?
You and the paper are both correct.
Funding was not free before the GFC, but the funding cost of both positions then was almost equal, generating almost-zero basis.
Since then, holding physical bonds ...
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Why z-spread differs from CDS spread in 1 period example
The CDS spread costs you 11.7% in order to ensure that the holder gets the remaining 60% of principal and interest in return. In the end, the payment you are getting in default is 60%-11.7% = 48.3%. ...
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Why has cross currency basis become higher since the 2008 crisis?
When you look at EUR/USD Cross Currency basis historical chart, you will notice that it was very similar in magnitude before 2008 to what it is now: in other words, there has always been some cross-...
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DV01 on LIBOR vs. SOFR basis Swaps
I will try to make a more general suggestion that doesn't depend on SOFR, EONIA, LIBOR, cross-currency basis, etc, but applies all all linear interest rates products. Sorry if I may be digressing.
You ...
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Negative Carry when Yield Curve is Downward Sloping
Repo rates will be very close to short-term treasury rates so "the yield curve is downward sloping" and "bond yield minus repo rate is negative" mean very nearly the same thing.
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FX Hedging costs when using 3m FX Fowards vs XCCY swaps for an IG Bond
To get an accurate answer you probably won't be able to get around using a proper pricer and comparing the two methods. To contrast the two approaches:
FX Forwards: convert all cashflows from CCY1 to ...
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Cross Currency Swap - is par basis supposed to change while OIS discounting rate is changing?
So you have a USDJPY cross currency basis swap priced using:
USD OIS discounting and USD Libor pojection for the USD leg
USDJPY Basis curve discounting and JPY Libor projection for the JPY leg
The ...
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Carry/slide on Treasury CTD basis position
“understand whether a long CTD basis position needs to incorporate slide/roll when computing basis net of carry”. I’d say (a) yes in order to compute net basis, you have to subtract all economic ...
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Is the Forward Price of a bond subject to the Pull to Par?
No the forward price of a bond on a fixed date does not pull to par. If the forward yield stays the same, so does the forward price. In a scenario where yields don’t move , it is the spot price that ...
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treasury bond cash future net basis
Reasons why the net basis might trade negative from time to time : 1) if a credit crisis occurs, investors do not have the resources to invest in the basis. For example , banks are unwilling or ...
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Basis risk, spreads and discounting
First lets clear one thing up, 'basis' and 'spreads' are the same thing. Often this is called the 'basis spread'. This represents the difference between curves at different points in time.
For ...
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Reference on Futures basis trading strategy
There are some slight inaccuracies in using term basis. You probably meant strategies which profit from carry/futures roll. There are a lot of variations of carry/roll strategies on different markets. ...
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Tenor basis spreads 1mv3m vs 3mv6m
I would explain it slightly differently. The data shown indicates the market price of basis swaps. The spreads shown are to be added to the 3 mo libor leg of the basis swap. For example , the 5yr ...
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Tenor basis spreads 1mv3m vs 3mv6m
In the presented method we have one main tenor, which is 3M in the case of USD. The Adjustment is negative if we want to adjust a tenor shorter than 3M e.g. 1M. It is positive for greater tenors like ...
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Convert 3M rates to 6M rates using Basis Swaps (3M vs 6M)
Let's say 1yr semiannual rate versus 6m Libor is 2.00% and 1yr basis swap is 6m libor = 3m libor + 15bp. Then , to a first approximation 1yr rate versus 3m libor is 2.00-0.15= 1.85%.
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bootstrapping a basis curve to get a forward basis curve
The results are the same as long as you use the same data and common interpolation methods.
For instance 12M Libor vs fixed swaps are less liquid than 12M Libor vs 3M Libor basis swaps so one ...
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tenor basis swap spreads and compounding
Convention for most currencies is flat compounding. This includes the most liquid G4 basis swaps:
EUR 3m vs 6m, 3m vs 12m, 1m vs 3m
USD 1m vs 3m, 3m vs 6m
GBP 3m vs 6m, 1m vs 3m
JPY 3m vs 6m, 1m vs ...
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tenor basis swap spreads and compounding
This would be specified in the ISDA or term sheet. There are four alternative methods:
No compounding: Meaning neither the rate nor the spread get compounded.
Compounding: Meaning both the spread ...
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How can we compute the daily drop in gross basis?
The change in the gross basis would simply be due to carry.
You know the spot price of the bond. If you lock in term repo to the forward date, you will know your forward price. The difference between ...
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Why were Laguerre polynomials a good choice of basis functions for American Monte Carlo?
In their paper, Francis Longstaff and Eduardo Schwartz found that using Laguerre, Hermite, Legendre or simple powers made very little difference in the results. Some time ago, I also played around ...
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Reference on Futures basis trading strategy
The Treasury Bond Basis: An in-Depth Analysis for Hedgers, Speculators, and Arbitrageurs by Galen Burghardt and Terry Belton is a good book on Treasury Futures.
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Basis risk between future and a non-dividend paying stock
In commodity trading the expression "basis risk" typically refers to differences between the commodity you trade in the spot market and the commodity on which futures are priced. This ...
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Implied funding/repo rates from Credit Default Swaps
I recall that in 2002, when Lula won the Brazilian presidential election, and was later inaugurated, most of the market participants assumed that Brazil would default on its sovereign debt, as ...
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Cross Currency swap - Bond Yields arbitrage
Say a US investor with 1mm USD wants to buy a 10Y Volkswagen bond in EUR priced at 100 EUR with a 5% coupon.
First that investor needs to acquire EUR for purchase without exposing themselves to FX ...
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How to construct a GBP FVA curve from a USD FVA curve
There are two aspects to consider here. Aspect 1 is funding the notional of the Xccy swap and the coupons (strictly speaking this is not FVA). Aspect 2 is funding the MtM of the swap throughout the ...
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Duration of a futures contract
By dividing the duration of the CTD by its conversion factor, we arrive at a number that approximates the sensitivity of the futures price to the yield of the CTD.
Recall that duration of a bond is a ...
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why is ADBSC currency positive?
I think it has something to do with differences in how Australian banks and EU/JP banks finance themselves.
Probably you need someone who is an expert in Australian and European banking structure to ...
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Cross Currency Swap - is par basis supposed to change while OIS discounting rate is changing?
Let me add that the USD-JPY Xccy basis is a very liquid instrument that is quoted by market makers: therefore, the Xccy Basis is not "priced" or "solved for", it is directly quoted ...
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How can we compute the daily drop in gross basis?
As commented by ZRH, the first step is to consider what the drop in $P_{\text{bond}}$ is, since this is the only changing value in the formula for gross basis:
$$b_{\text{gross}} = P_{\text{bond}}-(...
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How can we compute the daily drop in gross basis?
The expected change of basis over time will be equal to the change of $P_{bond}$ over time; this is because he change of $P_{futures}$ (as market estimate of delivery price) is expected to be zero (it ...
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