Exotic Swaps
There is greater competition in the global derivatives market and increased demand for tools to help investors tailor their risk profiles. And this means financial engineers are coming up with…
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Measuring Risk: Value-at-Risk
In a previous article, we talked about the derivatives “greeks“, tools derivatives end-users employ to describe and to characterize the various exposures to fluctuations in financial prices inherent in a…
Market Timing Strategies: Buy Low, Sell High
Timing your investment decision to buy low and sell high is much harder than it sounds. Market timing may sound easy and straightforward. It can simply look like a bunch…
What Is A Bond Covenant?
Bond covenants are utilized to restrict the borrowing firm from making decisions which will deteriorate its financial health from the time of borrowing. A covenant is a pledge or undertaking…
Basic Interest Rate Anticipation Strategies
There are a variety of interest rate anticipation strategies. Those which involve moving between long-term government bonds and very short-term treasury bills are based on interest rate forecasts and the…
Opening an Investment Account: Minimum Account Sizes
When opening an investment account, how your money is managed depends greatly on how much you have. The amount in your portfolio will also likely determine how much you’re paying…
