This document contains a report analyzing bond prices, yield curves, and a bond portfolio over time. It includes the following key points:
- Bond prices from June 30th to December 31st decreased for short-term bonds but increased for mid-to-long term bonds, due to changes in yield.
- Duration, a measure of price sensitivity, increased over time for longer-term bonds but decreased for shorter-term bonds. The portfolio's duration decreased from June to December as its average maturity shortened.
- Yield curves, spot curves, and forward curves were constructed using bond data from the two dates. Forward rates were higher than spot rates, indicating an upward sloping yield curve and expected rising interest rates
- The document discusses the First NIDA Business Analytics and Data Sciences Contest/Conference held on September 1-2, 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand.
- It describes research presented at the conference on clustering Thai investors into groups based on their investment behaviors and portfolios.
- The research found three main clusters of Thai investors - "Cash Holders", "Old-Fashioned", and "Modern Investors" - which differed in terms of the types and proportions of investments in their portfolios.
Claims Reserving in Non-life Insurance in the Presence of Annuities Jarl Sigurdsson
This master's thesis examines methods for estimating insurance claim reserves for non-life insurance in the presence of annuity payments. It focuses on workers' compensation insurance in Denmark, where injured workers often receive annuity payments. Four methods (A, B, C, D) are evaluated for how they account for annuities when interest rates change over time. The chain-ladder, double chain-ladder, and separation methods are also compared in their ability to accurately estimate reserves under varying interest rate scenarios. Through simulations using different interest rate patterns, the strengths and weaknesses of each method are analyzed. The results aim to determine the best practices for insurers in reserving for long-term annuity payments subject to changing economic conditions
This thesis examines the ex-dividend day effect on the Stockholm stock exchange from 2000 to 2011. Using event study methodology, the authors estimate abnormal returns on the ex-dividend day and compare them to the dividend yield. They find no strong statistical or economic evidence of an ex-dividend day effect. They also control for abnormal returns on days surrounding the ex-dividend day and find no evidence of unusual price movements. Therefore, they cannot conclude the market is inefficient.
Special report by epic research of 15 november 2017Epic Research
Epic Research prepares a special report on a daily basis which provides share market overview to the investors in brief. We aim to serve you best in class financial services at affordable prices.
This document summarizes a conference call by Seaspan Corporation, an independent containership owner and manager, regarding its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2012. Some highlights include vessel utilization of 98.5% for Q4-12 and 98.9% for 2012. No newbuild vessels were delivered in Q4-12 but 4 vessels were delivered in 2012. Dividends of $0.25, $0.59375, and $0.25948 per share were declared for the various classes. The CEO outlined Seaspan's focus on growing its business in a balanced way through long-term charters while sustainably increasing dividends and maintaining financial flexibility.
The document analyzes the relationship between the US and Australian stock markets using quarterly and daily data on stock market indices and exchange rates. It finds that changes in the US Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJ) index have a positive effect of approximately 30% on the Australian All Ordinaries Index (ASX). Volatility in both markets is also connected. A multivariate model shows negative shocks increase variance across markets, and volatility in Australia rises due to negative shocks from larger markets like the US.
In the last two decades, international financial markets have integrated to an extent remarkable
in history. This process has profound implications for the transmission of shocks,
both across financial asset prices and to the real economy. Therefore, the role of asset prices
including interest rates, stock returns, dividend yields and exchange rates are considered
as predictors of inflation as well as growth.
- The document discusses the First NIDA Business Analytics and Data Sciences Contest/Conference held on September 1-2, 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand.
- It describes research presented at the conference on clustering Thai investors into groups based on their investment behaviors and portfolios.
- The research found three main clusters of Thai investors - "Cash Holders", "Old-Fashioned", and "Modern Investors" - which differed in terms of the types and proportions of investments in their portfolios.
Claims Reserving in Non-life Insurance in the Presence of Annuities Jarl Sigurdsson
This master's thesis examines methods for estimating insurance claim reserves for non-life insurance in the presence of annuity payments. It focuses on workers' compensation insurance in Denmark, where injured workers often receive annuity payments. Four methods (A, B, C, D) are evaluated for how they account for annuities when interest rates change over time. The chain-ladder, double chain-ladder, and separation methods are also compared in their ability to accurately estimate reserves under varying interest rate scenarios. Through simulations using different interest rate patterns, the strengths and weaknesses of each method are analyzed. The results aim to determine the best practices for insurers in reserving for long-term annuity payments subject to changing economic conditions
This thesis examines the ex-dividend day effect on the Stockholm stock exchange from 2000 to 2011. Using event study methodology, the authors estimate abnormal returns on the ex-dividend day and compare them to the dividend yield. They find no strong statistical or economic evidence of an ex-dividend day effect. They also control for abnormal returns on days surrounding the ex-dividend day and find no evidence of unusual price movements. Therefore, they cannot conclude the market is inefficient.
Special report by epic research of 15 november 2017Epic Research
Epic Research prepares a special report on a daily basis which provides share market overview to the investors in brief. We aim to serve you best in class financial services at affordable prices.
This document summarizes a conference call by Seaspan Corporation, an independent containership owner and manager, regarding its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2012. Some highlights include vessel utilization of 98.5% for Q4-12 and 98.9% for 2012. No newbuild vessels were delivered in Q4-12 but 4 vessels were delivered in 2012. Dividends of $0.25, $0.59375, and $0.25948 per share were declared for the various classes. The CEO outlined Seaspan's focus on growing its business in a balanced way through long-term charters while sustainably increasing dividends and maintaining financial flexibility.
The document analyzes the relationship between the US and Australian stock markets using quarterly and daily data on stock market indices and exchange rates. It finds that changes in the US Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJ) index have a positive effect of approximately 30% on the Australian All Ordinaries Index (ASX). Volatility in both markets is also connected. A multivariate model shows negative shocks increase variance across markets, and volatility in Australia rises due to negative shocks from larger markets like the US.
In the last two decades, international financial markets have integrated to an extent remarkable
in history. This process has profound implications for the transmission of shocks,
both across financial asset prices and to the real economy. Therefore, the role of asset prices
including interest rates, stock returns, dividend yields and exchange rates are considered
as predictors of inflation as well as growth.
This document provides information on debt markets and debt funds, including:
1. It outlines the risks associated with debt markets like interest rate risk and credit risk. SEBI regulations have mitigated some risks.
2. Interest rate fluctuations can impact returns in debt funds depending on their duration. Shorter duration funds have less interest rate risk.
3. The document recommends matching a debt fund's duration to an investor's horizon and provides examples of suitable funds for different time periods.
4. Scenario analyses show how different debt funds could perform under various interest rate changes to help educate investors.
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYSchool of ManagementEMBA 703 Financia.docxbudbarber38650
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
School of Management
EMBA 703 Financial Markets
Dr. Hanweck
Final Examination
Fall 2013
NAME: ___________________________________
G-code: _____________________________
Answer all questions. Place your answer to each question on a separate sheet of paper. Please write your name on the top left corner of each page. Document your answers and show your work. Read each question carefully and answer all parts. Try and answer something on each question. Your guess may turn out to be correct. The number in parentheses is the point weight for the question. Attach the exam to your answers.
(15)
1.(a)
Discuss various measures of capital market efficiency and how efficient capital markets contribute to the efficiency in the market for goods and services (including productive capital). As part of your discussion, consider the implications of the fact that the bulk of trading in capital markets is in outstanding securities and analyze the meaning of the terms "depth," "breadth," and "resiliency" as descriptions of capital markets. Include in your discussion the types of legislative and regulatory reforms that might be or have recently been instituted in order to improve the efficiency of capital markets and the role of "insider trading" and the SEC as they affect market efficiency.
(b)
Compare money and capital markets and identify the major issuers of securities in the different markets and the difference among the various types of securities within and between each of the markets. Within your discussion of the money markets include a consideration of the role of the Federal Reserve System (Fed) and the banking system as they interact through required reserve maintenance, needs for liquidity and monetary policy actions by the Fed. Consider in your analysis the types and significance of the links between the money and capital markets via the term structure of interest rates, issuers of debt and equity and the presence of interest rate and credit risk derivatives.
(10)
2. There are a number of theories of the term structure of interest rates including the unbiased expectations hypothesis, preferred habitat hypothesis, and market segmentation hypothesis. Discuss the implications of the unbiased expectations hypothesis within the context of the following problem. Problem 1: For a two year, default free, zero coupon security, compute its yield to maturity and draw the respective yield curves assuming two different expectations of inflation employing the Fisher Effect and the data below: (a) 4 percent one year from now, and (b) 2 percent one year from now. In addition, define and compute the implied forward yield on a one year security one year from now, assuming the current two year yield is 6.0 percent. Discuss the assumptions underlying this calculation and how it can be used to evaluate the implied forward yield on a 1-year loan, next year. (c) Wh.
The document discusses various topics related to bond valuation including:
1) Types of bonds and bond risks.
2) Methods of calculating bond yields like current yield, coupon yield, and yield to maturity.
3) Bond valuation techniques like calculating present value of future cash flows.
4) Factors that impact bond prices like coupon rate, maturity, and yield.
This document provides an overview of how to value bonds and stocks. It discusses:
- Valuing bonds by estimating future cash flows and discounting them at the appropriate rate based on risk.
- How bond prices move inversely to market interest rates.
- Valuing stocks using the dividend discount model, accounting for growth rates and discount rates. Growth can be zero, constant, or differential.
- Estimating growth rates based on retention ratio and return on retained earnings. Estimating discount rates based on dividend yield and growth.
- Additional valuation methods including the net present value of growth opportunities model.
- Common metrics used to analyze stocks like price-earnings ratios and how they are calculated and interpreted.
This document summarizes methods for valuing bonds and stocks. It discusses how to value bonds based on their coupon payments and maturity date by discounting expected cash flows. It also explains models for valuing stocks based on expected future dividends, including the dividend discount model for zero, constant, and differential growth. Key parameters like growth rates and discount rates are discussed. Methods include using the dividend discount model or separating value into a "cash cow" portion and growth opportunities.
Investing in a Rising Rate Environment - Dec. 2011RobertWBaird
- Rising interest rates can negatively impact bond prices in the short-term but a focus on total return, which includes interest income, provides a more accurate picture of bond performance over time.
- An analysis of periods from 1994-2006 when the Federal Reserve raised rates found that while bond prices fell in the majority of months, interest income was positive every month and total returns were positive in 64% of months.
- Diversifying across different types of bonds can help mitigate the effects of rising rates as different bond segments perform variably depending on economic conditions. Professional bond managers employ strategies to offset negative impacts and maximize total returns.
The document analyzes the asset-liability management for an annuity portfolio held by Golden Gate Bank. The author identifies the top four bonds to invest in based on their expected return to risk ratio. The optimal portfolio allocates 40% to Morgan Stanley bonds and 60% to Federal Home Loan Bank bonds to meet obligations at year 4 and 5. However, the probability of meeting both obligations is only 47.8%, so increasing assets is recommended to better match liabilities. The author also conducts credit risk analysis of the portfolio using VaR and assumes bonds default only at maturity for calculations.
Sheet1YearTypeYieldYieldDec-12Floating Note2.50002.50%Dec-13Floating Note3.00003.00%Dec-14Floating Note3.10003.10%Dec-15Floating Note3.45003.45%Dec-1220 Year US Bond3.25003.25%Dec-1320 Year US Bond-13.9100-13.91%Dec-1420 Year US Bond27.350027.35%Dec-1520 Year US Bond-1.6500-1.65%Dec-12Municipal1.80001.80%Dec-13Municipal1.82001.82%Dec-14Municipal1.68001.68%Dec-15Municipal1.69001.69%Dec-12Fannie Mae2.82602.83%Dec-13Fannie Mae4.02354.02%Dec-14Fannie Mae3.45003.45%Dec-15Fannie Mae3.54303.54%Dec-12TIPS-1.0760-1.08%Dec-13TIPS2.60602.61%Dec-14TIPS4.74204.74%Dec-15TIPS-0.6070-0.61%
Sheet2
Sheet3
26 week bond
Yield Graph
Price Graph
Description
52 week bond
Yield Graph
Price Graph
Description
B. Floating rate note
20 year US Bond
Municipal Bond
Fannie Mae
Yield Curve
G. Multinational Corporation
?
TIPS
4/17/2016
FINC736-MO1: Team Project A1
Team Project using Bloomberg Terminal
Teams are required to familiarize themselves with extracting data from the Bloomberg terminal(s). These terminals are available both at the Manhattan Trading Room (5thFloor, at 26 West, 61st Street) and at the Old Westbury Library. Please contact the Graduate Assistant Xunpo Wang who is stationed at 26 West 61st Street, in Room 503, to help you with signing on to Bloomberg and doing Bloomberg basic data extraction. There are also student-friendly user manuals available at each terminal in both locations.
(1) Select and collect the following Bloomberg screens:
a. One 26 week Treasury Bill and one 52 week Treasury Bill
b. One Floating Rate Note or Bond (floater)
c. One USA Government Bond with remaining time to maturity of 12 years
d. One Municipal Bond
e. One FANNIE MAE Bond
f. USA Government Yield Curve and Spot Rates
g. One Corporate Bond out of the list of customized Multinational Companies [see item (5) below].
(2) Next, collect Four data points of each of the above security’s end-of-year security prices at the closing dates of December 31st, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.
(3) Calculate the Expected and the Actual Capital Gains Yield (CGY), the Current (Coupon) Yield (CY), and the Total Yield (TY) for each security during 2013 and 2014. Also find the present Yield-to-Maturity for each security.
(4) Examine and print the screens of the above chosen securities and collect all of the data that you need to use for your project including measures of Risk, Duration, Convexity and Yield Spreads.
(5) Use the Bloomberg Terminal to select your Corporate Bond out of the list of customized Multinational Companies as Follows:
a. Select one Corporate Bond (remaining m.
Bond values can be discussed in terms of dollar price or yield to maturity, which are equivalent. Bond yields include the coupon rate, current yield, yield to maturity, modified yield to maturity, yield to call, and realized yield. Duration is a measure of bond price volatility that accounts for time to maturity and coupon payments. It indicates the sensitivity of price to changes in yield. Modified duration adjusts for the holding period yield. Convexity measures the curvature of the price-yield relationship.
The document discusses calculating price returns and total returns for individual securities using IBM stock as an example. Price returns are calculated based solely on the closing stock price, while total returns include both capital gains from price changes as well as cash flows like dividends that are reinvested. Using IBM data from Yahoo Finance, the document demonstrates calculating daily price returns and total returns over 2011-2013. It notes that adjusted closing prices from Yahoo Finance incorporate stock splits and dividend payments, making them preferable to use for calculating total returns.
This document provides an overview of key concepts in credit risk management, including:
1) Credit risk arises from factors like a borrower's ability to repay, economic conditions, specific events, and regional factors. It is the risk of financial loss if a counterparty fails to meet contractual obligations.
2) Banks assess probability of default, exposure at default, and loss given default to measure and manage credit risk. Transition matrices track how probabilities of default change over time.
3) Credit risk arises in both a bank's trading book (exchange traded and OTC derivatives) and banking book (loans and off-balance sheet commitments). Credit ratings and market prices help estimate probability of default.
This document provides an overview of key concepts in credit risk management, including:
1) Credit risk arises from factors like a borrower's ability to repay, economic conditions, specific events, and regional factors. It is the risk of financial loss if a counterparty fails to meet contractual obligations.
2) Banks assess probability of default, exposure at default, and loss given default to measure credit risk. Transition matrices track how probabilities of default change over time.
3) Credit risk arises in a bank's banking book from loans and in its trading book from exchange traded and over-the-counter derivatives. Credit ratings and spreads between corporate bond yields and risk-free rates provide information on default probabilities.
This document discusses spot rates, spot rate curves, and constructing theoretical spot rate curves from Treasury yields. It provides examples of how to calculate spot rates from Treasury bond prices through bootstrapping. Calculating spot rates allows bonds to be priced using the present value of their cash flows discounted at the corresponding spot rates. The spot rate curve represents the term structure of interest rates. Forward rates can also be implied from the spot rate curve and represent market expectations of future interest rates.
THE TERM STRUCTURE OF INTEREST RATES AND BOND VALUATION MODELLING IN A PERIOD...Gabriel Ken
This work presents the term structure of interest rate and bond valuation modeling in a period of economic distortion. In real life, we do not expect interest rate to be constant. Government policies affect the interest rate of debt instrument. By the theory of economic fluctuations, there will be economic shocks that distort the lending rates. With these shocks, investors tend to limit potential losses. With the equation that determines the market price of the bond at time t, the market price at which the stream of continuous cash flows would trade (if arbitrage is avoided) is formulated. Thus the sensitivity of market price due to interest rate, duration and convexity of the market price due to interest rates are formulated and solved.
Predicting U.S. business cycles: an analysis based on credit spreads and mark...Gabriel Koh
Our paper aims to empirically test the significance of the credit spreads and excess returns of the market portfolio in predicting the U.S. business cycles. We adopt the probit model to estimate the partial effects of the variables using data from the Federal Reserve Economic Data – St. Louis Fed (FRED) and the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) from 1993:12 to 2014:08. Results show that the contemporaneous regression model is not significant while the predictive regression model is significant. Our tests show that only the credit spread variable lagged by one period is significant and that the lagged variables of the excess returns of the market portfolio is also significant. Therefore, we can conclude that credit spreads and excess returns of the market portfolio can predict U.S. business cycles to a certain extent.
The Effectiveness of interest rate swapsRoy Meekel
This master's thesis analyzes the effectiveness of interest rate swaps for hedging interest rate risk in a pension fund portfolio. The author, Roy Meekel, uses yield curve simulation to evaluate how well an interest rate swap portfolio hedges the interest rate risk arising from a duration mismatch between a fictional pension fund's assets and liabilities. Three models for simulating yield curves are analyzed: a basic model, an adjusted-lambda model, and a modified data model that incorporates an ultimate forward rate to reduce volatility of rates at long maturities. The results of 10,000 yield curve simulations for each model are used to assess how effectively the interest rate swaps hedge interest rate risk for the pension fund.
The document provides an analysis of Land Securities Group PLC, a UK property company. It includes the following key points:
- Land Securities is the largest property company in the UK by market capitalization and is a member of the FTSE 100.
- The analysis estimates the cost of equity for Land Securities to be 6.78% based on the company's beta of 0.9 calculated from its market model, a market risk premium of 5.2%, and a risk-free rate of 2.1%.
- Using the dividend valuation model with a dividend growth rate of 2.6% and the estimated cost of equity, the document values Land Securities' share price at £0.782, which
1) The document discusses the proper way to price bonds using spot rates rather than a yield curve. Each cash flow of a bond should be discounted using the spot rate for that specific maturity rather than a single rate from the yield curve.
2) It provides an example to illustrate how to derive a theoretical spot rate curve from Treasury yields. On-the-run Treasury issues are used with linear interpolation to derive spot rates for intermediate maturities.
3) The document also discusses how to calculate forward rates from the spot rate curve. The forward rate represents the expected future spot rate for a given maturity in the future.
1) The document discusses the economic effects of low and negative interest rates as implemented by global central banks through various experiments. It focuses on the impacts on pension funds, pensioners, and bond markets.
2) Pension funds are facing difficulties generating revenue with low and negative interest rates, which makes fixed income investments less attractive. Pensioners are concerned about the security of their pensions.
3) Models in the document predict that bond yields in the US, EU, and UK will drop below zero before the end of the current decade, with varying risk premium behaviors across regions. Difficult times are ahead for pension funds, pensioners, and bond investors.
This document provides information on debt markets and debt funds, including:
1. It outlines the risks associated with debt markets like interest rate risk and credit risk. SEBI regulations have mitigated some risks.
2. Interest rate fluctuations can impact returns in debt funds depending on their duration. Shorter duration funds have less interest rate risk.
3. The document recommends matching a debt fund's duration to an investor's horizon and provides examples of suitable funds for different time periods.
4. Scenario analyses show how different debt funds could perform under various interest rate changes to help educate investors.
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYSchool of ManagementEMBA 703 Financia.docxbudbarber38650
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
School of Management
EMBA 703 Financial Markets
Dr. Hanweck
Final Examination
Fall 2013
NAME: ___________________________________
G-code: _____________________________
Answer all questions. Place your answer to each question on a separate sheet of paper. Please write your name on the top left corner of each page. Document your answers and show your work. Read each question carefully and answer all parts. Try and answer something on each question. Your guess may turn out to be correct. The number in parentheses is the point weight for the question. Attach the exam to your answers.
(15)
1.(a)
Discuss various measures of capital market efficiency and how efficient capital markets contribute to the efficiency in the market for goods and services (including productive capital). As part of your discussion, consider the implications of the fact that the bulk of trading in capital markets is in outstanding securities and analyze the meaning of the terms "depth," "breadth," and "resiliency" as descriptions of capital markets. Include in your discussion the types of legislative and regulatory reforms that might be or have recently been instituted in order to improve the efficiency of capital markets and the role of "insider trading" and the SEC as they affect market efficiency.
(b)
Compare money and capital markets and identify the major issuers of securities in the different markets and the difference among the various types of securities within and between each of the markets. Within your discussion of the money markets include a consideration of the role of the Federal Reserve System (Fed) and the banking system as they interact through required reserve maintenance, needs for liquidity and monetary policy actions by the Fed. Consider in your analysis the types and significance of the links between the money and capital markets via the term structure of interest rates, issuers of debt and equity and the presence of interest rate and credit risk derivatives.
(10)
2. There are a number of theories of the term structure of interest rates including the unbiased expectations hypothesis, preferred habitat hypothesis, and market segmentation hypothesis. Discuss the implications of the unbiased expectations hypothesis within the context of the following problem. Problem 1: For a two year, default free, zero coupon security, compute its yield to maturity and draw the respective yield curves assuming two different expectations of inflation employing the Fisher Effect and the data below: (a) 4 percent one year from now, and (b) 2 percent one year from now. In addition, define and compute the implied forward yield on a one year security one year from now, assuming the current two year yield is 6.0 percent. Discuss the assumptions underlying this calculation and how it can be used to evaluate the implied forward yield on a 1-year loan, next year. (c) Wh.
The document discusses various topics related to bond valuation including:
1) Types of bonds and bond risks.
2) Methods of calculating bond yields like current yield, coupon yield, and yield to maturity.
3) Bond valuation techniques like calculating present value of future cash flows.
4) Factors that impact bond prices like coupon rate, maturity, and yield.
This document provides an overview of how to value bonds and stocks. It discusses:
- Valuing bonds by estimating future cash flows and discounting them at the appropriate rate based on risk.
- How bond prices move inversely to market interest rates.
- Valuing stocks using the dividend discount model, accounting for growth rates and discount rates. Growth can be zero, constant, or differential.
- Estimating growth rates based on retention ratio and return on retained earnings. Estimating discount rates based on dividend yield and growth.
- Additional valuation methods including the net present value of growth opportunities model.
- Common metrics used to analyze stocks like price-earnings ratios and how they are calculated and interpreted.
This document summarizes methods for valuing bonds and stocks. It discusses how to value bonds based on their coupon payments and maturity date by discounting expected cash flows. It also explains models for valuing stocks based on expected future dividends, including the dividend discount model for zero, constant, and differential growth. Key parameters like growth rates and discount rates are discussed. Methods include using the dividend discount model or separating value into a "cash cow" portion and growth opportunities.
Investing in a Rising Rate Environment - Dec. 2011RobertWBaird
- Rising interest rates can negatively impact bond prices in the short-term but a focus on total return, which includes interest income, provides a more accurate picture of bond performance over time.
- An analysis of periods from 1994-2006 when the Federal Reserve raised rates found that while bond prices fell in the majority of months, interest income was positive every month and total returns were positive in 64% of months.
- Diversifying across different types of bonds can help mitigate the effects of rising rates as different bond segments perform variably depending on economic conditions. Professional bond managers employ strategies to offset negative impacts and maximize total returns.
The document analyzes the asset-liability management for an annuity portfolio held by Golden Gate Bank. The author identifies the top four bonds to invest in based on their expected return to risk ratio. The optimal portfolio allocates 40% to Morgan Stanley bonds and 60% to Federal Home Loan Bank bonds to meet obligations at year 4 and 5. However, the probability of meeting both obligations is only 47.8%, so increasing assets is recommended to better match liabilities. The author also conducts credit risk analysis of the portfolio using VaR and assumes bonds default only at maturity for calculations.
Sheet1YearTypeYieldYieldDec-12Floating Note2.50002.50%Dec-13Floating Note3.00003.00%Dec-14Floating Note3.10003.10%Dec-15Floating Note3.45003.45%Dec-1220 Year US Bond3.25003.25%Dec-1320 Year US Bond-13.9100-13.91%Dec-1420 Year US Bond27.350027.35%Dec-1520 Year US Bond-1.6500-1.65%Dec-12Municipal1.80001.80%Dec-13Municipal1.82001.82%Dec-14Municipal1.68001.68%Dec-15Municipal1.69001.69%Dec-12Fannie Mae2.82602.83%Dec-13Fannie Mae4.02354.02%Dec-14Fannie Mae3.45003.45%Dec-15Fannie Mae3.54303.54%Dec-12TIPS-1.0760-1.08%Dec-13TIPS2.60602.61%Dec-14TIPS4.74204.74%Dec-15TIPS-0.6070-0.61%
Sheet2
Sheet3
26 week bond
Yield Graph
Price Graph
Description
52 week bond
Yield Graph
Price Graph
Description
B. Floating rate note
20 year US Bond
Municipal Bond
Fannie Mae
Yield Curve
G. Multinational Corporation
?
TIPS
4/17/2016
FINC736-MO1: Team Project A1
Team Project using Bloomberg Terminal
Teams are required to familiarize themselves with extracting data from the Bloomberg terminal(s). These terminals are available both at the Manhattan Trading Room (5thFloor, at 26 West, 61st Street) and at the Old Westbury Library. Please contact the Graduate Assistant Xunpo Wang who is stationed at 26 West 61st Street, in Room 503, to help you with signing on to Bloomberg and doing Bloomberg basic data extraction. There are also student-friendly user manuals available at each terminal in both locations.
(1) Select and collect the following Bloomberg screens:
a. One 26 week Treasury Bill and one 52 week Treasury Bill
b. One Floating Rate Note or Bond (floater)
c. One USA Government Bond with remaining time to maturity of 12 years
d. One Municipal Bond
e. One FANNIE MAE Bond
f. USA Government Yield Curve and Spot Rates
g. One Corporate Bond out of the list of customized Multinational Companies [see item (5) below].
(2) Next, collect Four data points of each of the above security’s end-of-year security prices at the closing dates of December 31st, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.
(3) Calculate the Expected and the Actual Capital Gains Yield (CGY), the Current (Coupon) Yield (CY), and the Total Yield (TY) for each security during 2013 and 2014. Also find the present Yield-to-Maturity for each security.
(4) Examine and print the screens of the above chosen securities and collect all of the data that you need to use for your project including measures of Risk, Duration, Convexity and Yield Spreads.
(5) Use the Bloomberg Terminal to select your Corporate Bond out of the list of customized Multinational Companies as Follows:
a. Select one Corporate Bond (remaining m.
Bond values can be discussed in terms of dollar price or yield to maturity, which are equivalent. Bond yields include the coupon rate, current yield, yield to maturity, modified yield to maturity, yield to call, and realized yield. Duration is a measure of bond price volatility that accounts for time to maturity and coupon payments. It indicates the sensitivity of price to changes in yield. Modified duration adjusts for the holding period yield. Convexity measures the curvature of the price-yield relationship.
The document discusses calculating price returns and total returns for individual securities using IBM stock as an example. Price returns are calculated based solely on the closing stock price, while total returns include both capital gains from price changes as well as cash flows like dividends that are reinvested. Using IBM data from Yahoo Finance, the document demonstrates calculating daily price returns and total returns over 2011-2013. It notes that adjusted closing prices from Yahoo Finance incorporate stock splits and dividend payments, making them preferable to use for calculating total returns.
This document provides an overview of key concepts in credit risk management, including:
1) Credit risk arises from factors like a borrower's ability to repay, economic conditions, specific events, and regional factors. It is the risk of financial loss if a counterparty fails to meet contractual obligations.
2) Banks assess probability of default, exposure at default, and loss given default to measure and manage credit risk. Transition matrices track how probabilities of default change over time.
3) Credit risk arises in both a bank's trading book (exchange traded and OTC derivatives) and banking book (loans and off-balance sheet commitments). Credit ratings and market prices help estimate probability of default.
This document provides an overview of key concepts in credit risk management, including:
1) Credit risk arises from factors like a borrower's ability to repay, economic conditions, specific events, and regional factors. It is the risk of financial loss if a counterparty fails to meet contractual obligations.
2) Banks assess probability of default, exposure at default, and loss given default to measure credit risk. Transition matrices track how probabilities of default change over time.
3) Credit risk arises in a bank's banking book from loans and in its trading book from exchange traded and over-the-counter derivatives. Credit ratings and spreads between corporate bond yields and risk-free rates provide information on default probabilities.
This document discusses spot rates, spot rate curves, and constructing theoretical spot rate curves from Treasury yields. It provides examples of how to calculate spot rates from Treasury bond prices through bootstrapping. Calculating spot rates allows bonds to be priced using the present value of their cash flows discounted at the corresponding spot rates. The spot rate curve represents the term structure of interest rates. Forward rates can also be implied from the spot rate curve and represent market expectations of future interest rates.
THE TERM STRUCTURE OF INTEREST RATES AND BOND VALUATION MODELLING IN A PERIOD...Gabriel Ken
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Vasiagin
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Devvrat
Patney
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Lea-‐Marie
Lamm
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M a j o r
p r o j e c t
B A F I
1 0 6 5
M o n e y
M a r k e t s
a n d
F i x e d
I n c o m e
S e c u r i t i e s
Bond
Evaluation
and
Dealing
Simulation
Report
2. 1
Table of Contents
1 Introduction.................................................................................................2
2 Part 1: Prices, Modified Duration and Convexity ....................................2
3 Part 2: Yield Curve, Spot and Forward Rates ..........................................5
4 Part 3: Dealing Simulation Report ..........................................................11
Referencing ....................................................................................................15
Appendix.........................................................................................................16
Tables
Table 1 Bond Prices June 30th
, 2014.................................................................3
Table 2 Bond Duration and Convexity on June 30th
, 2014.................................3
Table 3 Holding Period Return (30/06-31/12/2014) ...........................................4
Table 4 Modified Duration and Convexity for Portfolio.......................................4
Table 5 Yield, Spot Rates and Forward Rates on June 30th
, 2014....................6
Table 6 Yield, Spot Rates and Forward Rates on December 31, 2014 .............7
Figures
Figure 1 Holding Period Returns........................................................................5
Figure 2 Yield Curve, Spot Rate Curve, and Forward Rate Curve (30th
June
2014)...........................................................................................................8
Figure 3 Yield, Spot Rates, and Forward Rates (31st
December 2014).............8
Figure 4 Comparison Forward Rates 30th June to Spot Rates 31st December
..................................................................................................................11
Figure 5 Yield Curve ........................................................................................12
Figure 6 Portfolio Comparison .........................................................................13
3. 2
1 Introduction
For fulfilling the required task of our major project we chose the following on-
the-run Australian Government Securities:
• 4.75% Treasury Bonds due to 21st
October 2015 (bond 134)
• 6.00% Treasury Bonds due to 15th
February 2017 (bond 120)
• 5.50% Treasury Bonds due to 21st
January 2018 (bond 132)
• 5.25% Treasury Bonds due to 15th
March 2019 (bond 122)
The data was extracted from the website of Reserve Bank of Australia, using
the ‘Indicative Mid Rates of Australian Government Securities - 2013 to
Current’ (appendix A). To gather more detailed information on the bonds, we
used the relevant term sheets (appendix B). All Treasury Bonds are long-term
securities paying regular coupons at the end of two 6-month compounding
periods per year. Moreover, the bonds pay the face value at maturity.
To examine the predictive ability of the yield, spot and forward rate curves, this
report will first define what these each curves represents, subsequently we will
analyse the various theories and schools of thought that attempt to explain
expectation theory and their underlying assumptions.
Part 3 of the report summarizes our experience with the two dealing simulation
sessions with respect to the current yield curve in the Australian stock market
and the set objective.
2 Part 1: Prices, Modified Duration and Convexity
Part 1 of the project includes calculations of dirty price, clean price, modified
duration and modified convexity on 30th
June 2014 and 31st
December 2014.
To calculate the dirty price we discounted the coupons in the required period to
evaluate the present value per period and summed these to compute the price
4. 3
on the given dates. However, we had to price the bonds during a coupon
period. Hence, we valued the bond at the beginning of the period and
compounded these forward to the pricing date (appendix C).
By calculating the days between the last coupon period and the actual pricing
dates, we measured the accrued interest on the bonds. Consequently, we
were able to compute the clean prices. As the data in Table 1 indicates, the
dirty and clean prices for bonds maturing between 5 to 22 months decreases
in the 6 months timeframe. Nevertheless, the dirty price of bonds with 2.5 to
approximately 4 years to maturity improves; consequently so does the clean
price. This is due to greater yield fluctuation. The longer the time to maturity,
the greater the yield uncertainty (volatility risk). If the yield increases the price
decrease and vice versa. Hence, in our example the price for the Treasury
securities with a maturity of more than two years rises.
Table 1 Bond Prices June 30
th
, 2014
Estimating modified duration and convexity we used the table approach
(appendix c).
Table 2 Bond Duration and Convexity on June 30
th
, 2014
To compute the holding period return (HPR) of the single bonds between 30th
June and 31st
December 2014, we added the coupon, the price difference, and
the interest of the reinvestment of the coupon and divided this by the bond
price on June 30th
, 2014.
Date Bond 134 Bond 120 Bond 132 Bond 122
Dirty Price 30/06/14 $1,038.30 $1,107.87 $1,115.83 $1,115.65
31/12/14 $1,028.65 $1,101.59 $1,123.42 $1,138.18
Clean Price 30/06/14 $1,029.22 $1,085.50 $1,091.52 $1,100.39
31/12/14 $1,004.91 $1,079.09 $1,099.06 $1,122.67
Date Bond 134 Bond 120 Bond 132 Bond 122
Modified
Duration
30/06/14 2.5186 4.7936 6.3573 8.2837
31/12/14 7.5207 5.5504 3.9386 1.5689
Modified
Convexity
30/06/14 8.9374 28.9860 49.5352 82.0854
31/12/14 67.8683 38.2012 20.1297 4.0345
5. 4
Table 3 Holding Period Return (30/06-31/12/2014)
Bond 134 Bond 120 Bond 132 Bond 122
Holding Period Return 1.3699% 2.1669% 3.1741% 4.3932%
In conclusion, the longer the time to maturity the higher the holding period
return, as well as a higher duration and convexity. Since, the modified duration
measures the sensitivity of a bond’s price to yield changes (Fabozzi, 2013), the
longer the time to maturity the stronger the sensitivity. For example bond 134
matures in 2015, and hence has a low modified duration of 2.5186 estimated
on June 30th
, 2014 (Table 2). However, the modified duration more than tripled
for bond 122 which matures in for year’s time (2019). Further, modified
convexity indicates the change of the curvature of the price-yield-curve
(Fabozzi, 2013). As said before, price changes with the duration of the bond.
Therefore, the modified convexity of the chosen bonds almost increases tenth
fold regarding their time to maturity from 8.9374, maturing this year, to
82.0854, maturing in 2019 (Table 2). The holding period return estimates the
earned return of an asset over a specific period of time (Pinto et al. 2010). The
greater amount of time of the period the higher the expected return for the
given time; illustrated by our calculations (Table 3).
With an equally weighted portfolio of the four bonds, modified duration and
convexity decrease between the two given dates, as time to maturity becomes
less (Table 4).
Table 4 Modified Duration and Convexity for Portfolio
Modified Duration Modified Convexity
30/06/2014 5.4883 42.3860
31/12/2014 4.6447 32.5584
The holding period return for the portfolio is 2.7799% (appendix D). Comparing
this to the particular HPRs of the single bonds, it shows that the HPR of the
portfolio is higher than the HPRs of bonds 134 (1.3591%) and 120 (2.1407%)
and lower than the HPRs of bonds 132 (3.1447%) and 122 (4.3722%). Since,
the portfolio includes bonds with maturity between 5 months and 4 years and
6. 5
all bonds are equally weighted, the HPR is almost the average of the four
single bonds. Accordingly, modified duration and convexity are the average of
the four single bonds.
Figure 1 Holding Period Returns
Including short- and long-term bonds in diversified portfolio can be
advantageous, as it uses the combination of low risk in shorter-term market
securities and the high yield of longer-term bonds. Investing in only long-term
bonds might result in a greater HPR, but will also result in a higher modified
duration and convexity, which involves interest rate risk. On the contrary,
having a portfolio with only short-term bonds consequences are lower returns
and modified duration and convexity. The investor's portfolio should be
comprised of numerous market securities in accordance to their investment
needs and personality. The investment fund manager should factor what
gradient of risk averseness that particular investors personality type is.
3 Part 2: Yield Curve, Spot and Forward Rates
Part 2 consists of computing and drawing the yield curve, spot rate curve, and
forward rate curve as well as analysing these.
To draw the yield, spot rate, and forward rate curve, we used all the available
bond data including our chosen Treasury Securities. In order to calculate a
Bond
134
Bond
120
Bond
132
Bond
122
Portfolio
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
5
Holding
Period
Return
in
%
7. 6
market yield curve on a specific date, we are assigning 6-month, 12-month, 18-
month rates etc. (until five years). These rates are selected, by choosing a
bond that matures at a particular date from the pricing date (for example we
select a bond that matures 6 months from 30th June) and then use the
corresponding yield for this bond as the market yield for that particular term to
maturity. In the event that we are unable to get bonds, which mature at
specified dates required to build the yield curve, we use linear interpolation to
find the rate.
Using linear interpolation, we estimated the yields to draw the yield curve on
the two given dates, whereas we assumed that the securities would not be
traded at par. Face Value for all securities is $1,000. As we cannot assume
securities to be trading at par, we have prices each maturity period using the
coupon for the bond closest to its maturity. The results are shown in Table 5
and Table 6 respectively. Spot rates and forward rates were evaluated by the
following two formulas:
Spot rate:
Forward rate:
Table 5 Yield, Spot Rates and Forward Rates on June 30
th
, 2014
Bond
Time from
Pricing
(Months)
Observed
Yield (%)
Linear
Interpolation
(Yield %)
Spot
Rates
(%)
Forward
Rates (%)
TB134 3.72 2.440
6.00 2.446 2.446 2.446
TB119 9.50 2.455
12.00 2.459 2.459 2.472
TB134 15.72 2.465
18.00 2.484 2.484 2.535
( )
( )
2001
200/1
100
100
/1
1
1
×
⎥
⎥
⎥
⎥
⎥
⎥
⎦
⎤
⎢
⎢
⎢
⎢
⎢
⎢
⎣
⎡
−
⎟
⎟
⎟
⎟
⎟
⎠
⎞
⎜
⎜
⎜
⎜
⎜
⎝
⎛
⎟
⎟
⎠
⎞
⎜
⎜
⎝
⎛
⎟
⎟
⎠
⎞
⎜
⎜
⎝
⎛
+
−
+
=
∑
−
=
n
n
t
t
t
n
y
c
c
y
2001
200
1...
200
1
200
1
200
1
/1
211
×
⎟
⎟
⎠
⎞
⎜
⎜
⎝
⎛
−⎟⎟
⎠
⎞
⎜⎜
⎝
⎛
⎟
⎠
⎞
⎜
⎝
⎛
+⎟
⎠
⎞
⎜
⎝
⎛
+⎟
⎠
⎞
⎜
⎝
⎛
+⎟
⎠
⎞
⎜
⎝
⎛
+=
n
n
t
fffz
z
8. 7
TB130 23.54 2.530
24.00 2.535 2.536 2.690
30.00 2.594 2.597 2.841
TB120 31.59 2.610
36.00 2.683 2.688 3.147
TB135 36.72 2.695
42.00 2.769 2.778 3.314
TB132 42.77 2.780
48.00 2.856 2.868 3.501
TB141 51.75 2.910
54.00 2.929 2.945 3.560
TB122 56.52 2.950
60.00 2.991 3.011 3.604
TB126 69.57 3.105
Table 6 Yield, Spot Rates and Forward Rates on December 31, 2014
Bond
Time from
Pricing
(Months)
Observed
Yield (%)
Linear
Interpolation
(Yield %)
Spot
Rates
(%)
Forward
Rates (%)
TB119 3.45 2.425
6.00 2.374 2.374 2.374
TB134 9.67 2.300
12.00 2.291 2.291 2.207
TB130 17.49 2.270
18.00 2.264 2.263 2.208
24.00 2.189 2.187 1.961
TB120 25.55 2.170
30.00 2.131 2.128 1.892
TB135 30.67 2.125
36.00 2.134 2.132 2.149
TB132 36.72 2.135
42.00 2.150 2.148 2.249
TB141 45.70 2.160
48.00 2.170 2.169 2.315
TB122 50.47 2.180
54.00 2.214 2.215 2.586
TB143 57.70 2.255
60.00 2.345 2.354 3.602
TB126 63.52 2.305
The data, as well as Figure 2 and Figure 3, represent that the yields measured
by linear interpolation and the spot rates only differ slightly. This is the case for
June and December 2014.
9. 8
Figure 2 Yield Curve, Spot Rate Curve, and Forward Rate Curve (30
th
June 2014)
Figure 3 Yield, Spot Rates, and Forward Rates (31
st
December 2014)
Using the relationship between the yields and maturities of all bonds in the
market creates a yield curve. This is constructed only for bonds with the same
credit quality but different maturities. The aggregate curve is known as the
yield curve (Fabozzi 2013, p. 109). The problem with using this curve for
pricing bonds is that it assumes that all bonds will be discounted at the same
rate.
Making the assumption that the cash flows of a coupon paying can be
replicated by investing in a Zero Coupon Bond with the same maturity that also
provides the same return creates the spot rate curve. The required rate (yield)
for these hypothetical zero coupon bonds is the spot rate. A graphical
representation for the spot rates for each maturity term for a particular time
horizon is known as the spot rate curve (Fabozzi 2013, p. 111).
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
5
Spot
Rates
p.a.
(%)
Forward
Rates
p.a.
(%)
Yield
(%)
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
5
Spot
Rates
p.a.
(%)
Forward
Rates
p.a.
(%)
Yield
(%)
10. 9
Forward rates are held to be a market consensus of the future interest rates.
They are calculated by using the spot rates as a reference point. Forward rates
is the rate that is locked in today for a point of time in the future.
We will now look at the predictive power of forward rates for future spot rates.
Broadly, we look at two schools of thoughts - expectation theory and the
market segmentation theory. There are three interpretation of the expectation
theory, which asserts that current forward rates in the term structure are
closely related to future expectations about short-term rates. Following is a
critical analysis of these interpretations:
• Pure Expectation Theory explains that the pure (or market) expectation
theory suggests that the forward rates are an unbiased and complete
representation of the expectation of future interest rates (Heaney 1994).
Shortcomings with this approach are that it fails to account for inherent
risks involved with different investment strategies, specifically price risk
and reinvestment risk.
• Liquidity Theory: This suggests that the forward rates in a term structure
are not unbiased, due to the presence of a liquidity premium that would
be demanded by market participants for the uncertainty of long-term
maturity securities. (Afanasenko et al. 2011)
• Preferred Habitat: This theory also suggests the presence of a premium
on top of the calculated forward rates in a term structure (Afanasenko et
al. 2011). However, it does not agree with the liquidity theory in implying
that risk premium will move uniformly with maturity (Fabozzi 2013, p.
127). It gives an alternate explanation for this premium, which is
demanded by investors if they have to move from their preferred
investment horizon (which could be short or long term).
The alternative theory explaining the term structure is the market segmentation
theory – (Fabozzi 2013, p. 127). It asserts that neither investors nor borrowers
will be willing to change their investment time horizon (or preferred habitat) for
a premium even if it means taking advantage of an opportunity to profit from
11. 10
the difference between the expectation of future spot rates and the forward
rates. The shape of the yield curve is thus a function of the difference in the
demand and supply in each maturity term.
Evidence suggests that Forwards rates are a good predictor for future spot
rates for short-term maturities (1 month) but fail to be an accurate
approximation in maturities longer than that (Fama 1984). In the paper by
Campbell and Shiller in 1991, they adopt a vector auto regression approach to
check the validity of the term structure with observed US Treasury bill data.
The study finds good forecast ability in the short-term spot rate changes, but
do not find the same in long-term securities (Afanasenko et al. 2011). Other
evidence, such as from the paper by (Buser et al. 1996) gives an alternative
view by adjusting forward rate calculations with risk premium and other
overlooked biases. Buser et al. (1996) suggest that forward rates between
1963- 1993 which have been calculated with relevant adjustments are in fact a
good estimate for future spot rates. This is contrary to previous studies by
Fama in 1984 and Cambel and Shiller in 1991. The market theories ascertain
some of the factors that are overlooked while calculating the forward rates. The
assumption that all securities will be discounted at the same yield rate is too
simplistic and in itself leads to an error in estimation. Further to that, we must
consider the reinvestment risk and risk premium that have been overlooked in
traditional term structure calculations.
For the purpose of this report we are analysing the tradition term structure
calculation and are of the view that is supported by the findings of (Fama 1984)
and (Cambell and Shiller 1991).
12. 11
Figure 4 Comparison Forward Rates 30th June to Spot Rates 31st December
Aligned with academic research referenced previously, we have found that the
forward rates are a good estimator for future spot rates in only the short term.
As evident from Figure 4, we can see that forward rates become a weak
estimator as maturity terms increase. Comparing the estimated forward rates
on 30th
of June to the spot rates on 31st
of December (appendix E), it actually
states that the forward rates do not match the calculated spot rates. Instead
the forward rates are much higher.
4 Part 3: Dealing Simulation Report
In part 3 we describe the current yield curve and our experience with the two
commenced dealing simulation sessions as well as our given objectives.
On 22nd
May 2015, the shape for the current yield curve in Australian
Commonwealth Government Securities was relatively flat until the 1-year
maturity period, following which the curve was upward sloping for the rest of
the 20-year time horizon (Figure
5).
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Spot
/
Forward
Rates
Time
to
Maturity
Forward
Rates
p.a.
(%)
Spot
Rates
p.a.
(%)
13. 12
Figure
5
Yield
Curve
The expectation of the market for the 6- and 12-month period is evident from
the yield curve shown in Figure
5. It shows that the market yield expectation for
the 6- and 12-month maturity periods remains the same between the two
pricing dates (8 May and 22 May). The implications for fixed-interest fund
managers that the shape and level of the current yield curve in Australian
Commonwealth Government Securities would be that; they have to adjust the
bond price on current bonds in the market in accordance to the change in the
current yield and its relationship to the face value of the particular bond. The
main role of fixed-interest rate fund managers is to take advantage of potential
market inefficiencies and to give their customers higher than expected return
(abnormal returns) as the yield curve fluctuates.
At the commencement of the first dealing session our portfolio had the
following positions (appendix F):
• Cash: The portfolio had a zero cash balance
• Bills: market value: $99,317.95 face value: $100,000
• Bonds: market value: $2,765,720.041 face value: $ 2,400,000
• Modified duration: 8.7359
14. 13
During the two dealing sessions we were able to make profit and shorten our
portfolio (Figure
6). Hence, at the end of dealing session two our portfolio has
changed as followed (appendix G):
• Cash: $1,722,776
• Bills: Market Value: $ 1,666,207.096 Face Value: $ 1,676,000
• Bonds: Market Value: $ 1,214,353.663 Face Value: $ 1,050,000
• Modified duration: 2.9356
Figure
6
Portfolio
Comparisons
In addition, the interest rate risk profile of our portfolio has reduced from 8.7359
to 2.9356, which follows our objective to reduce the portfolio’s modified
duration. Thus, we met our objective reducing the duration by 66%. Our
strategy was to sell long-term bonds and purchase short-term bills with the
received funds. We adopted this strategy as the long-term bonds have a higher
degree of interest rate risk (modified duration).
The result implies that with a 1% change in yield the portfolio value will change
by 2.9356% at the end of the dealing session, compared to commencement
where it would have changed by 8.7359%.
$0
$500,000
$1,000,000
$1,500,000
$2,000,000
$2,500,000
$3,000,000
Cash
Bills
(MV)
Bills
(FV)
Bonds
(MV)
Bonds
(FC)
Session
1
Session
2
15. 14
In summary, we were able to grasp a better understanding of the roles of price
takers and makers from dealing sessions one and two. At the second dealing
session, we assigned one member to be a price taker and the other to be a
price maker to reduced confusion with the bid and ask prices which let to a
more smooth operation and more transactions. Further, we tried to achieve the
best possible outcome in terms of profit, whilst reaching our main objective of
reducing the modified duration of our portfolio.
16. 15
Referencing
Afanasenko, D, Gischer, H, & Reichling, P 2011, ‘The Predictive Power of
Forward Rates: A Re-examination for Germany’, Investment Management And
Financial Innovations, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 125-139
Buser, SA, Karolyi, GA, & Sanders, AB, 1996, ‘Adjusted Forward Rates as
Predictors of Future Spot Rates’, Journal of Fixed Income, vol. 6, pp.29-42
Heaney, R 1994, ‘Predictive Power of the Term Structure in Australia in the
late 1980’s: a note’, Accounting & Finance, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 37-46
Fabozzi, FJ 2013, ‘Bond Markets, Analysis, And Strategies’, Pearson, Boston,
Massachusetts
Fama, EF 1984, ‘The Information in the Term Structure’, Journal of Financial
Economics, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 509-576
Pinto, J, Henry, E, Robinson, TR, & Stowe, JD, ‘Equity Asset Valuation’, John
Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey
22. 21
C
Bond
Pricing
Bond%Details
Face Value $1,000.00
Coupon rate per annum 4.75%
Cash Flow per period $23.75
Final Cash Flow $1,023.75
Coupon Dates 21st April 21st October
Issue Date 1/7/2011
Maturity Date 21/10/2015
30/6/2014 2.465%
31/12/2014 2.30%
As%at%30th%June%%2014 Last coupon 21/4/2014 Days in coupon period 183
Date Time Period (t) Yield per periodCash Flow Present Value of CF PV of CF x (t) PV of CF x (t) x (t+1)
30/6/2014
21/10/2014 0.617486339 1.2325% $23.75 23.571032681 14.554790672 23.542175076
21/4/2015 1.617486339 1.2325% $23.75 23.284056682 37.661643595 98.578837607
21/10/2015 2.617486339 1.2325% $1,023.75 991.445820928 2,595.095891938 9,387.723936956
Totals 1,038.300910291 2,647.312326205 9,509.844949639
Dirty%Price $1,038.30
Accrued Interest $9.08
Clean%Price $1,029.22
Macaulay's Duration 2.549658100
Modified Duration 2.518616156
Macaulay's Convexity 9.159045182
Modified Convexity 8.937381099
As%at%31st%December%2014 Last Coupon 21/10/2014 Days in coupon period 182
Date Time Period (t) Yield per periodCash Flow Present Value of CF PV of CF x (t) PV of CF x (t) x (t+1)
31/12/2014
21/4/2015 0.60989011 1.1500% $23.75 23.584950470 14.384228034 23.157026450
21/10/2015 1.60989011 1.1500% $1,023.75 1,005.077109796 1,618.063698737 4,222.968444507
Totals 1,028.662060266 1,632.447926771 4,246.125470957
Dirty%Price $1,028.66
Accrued Interest $23.75
Clean%Price $1,004.91
Macaulay's Duration 1.586962317
Modified Duration 1.568919740
Macaulay's Convexity 4.127813822
Modified Convexity 4.034487059
HPR
Days in Period 184
Days for Reinvestment 71
Coupon Payment $23.75
Interest on Reinvestment
of Coupon 0.112955651
HPR 1.369940591%
23. 22
Bond%Details
Face Value $1,000.00
Coupon rate per annum 6.00%
Cash Flow per period $30.00
Final Cash Flow $1,030.00
Coupon Dates 15th February 15th August
Issue Date 8/6/2004
Maturity Date 15/2/2017
30/6/2014 2.610%
31/12/2014 2.170%
As%at%30th%June%2014 Last coupon 15/2/2014 Days in coupon period 181
Date Time Period (t) Yield per period Cash Flow Present Value of CF PV of CF x (t) PV of CF x (t) x (t+1)
30/6/2014
15/8/2014 0.254143646 1.3050% $30.00 29.901309077 7.599227721 9.530523164
15/2/2015 1.254143646 1.3050% $30.00 29.516123663 37.017458959 83.442669918
15/8/2015 2.254143646 1.3050% $30.00 29.135900166 65.676504242 213.720778996
15/2/2016 3.254143646 1.3050% $30.00 28.760574667 93.591041318 398.149733785
15/8/2016 4.254143646 1.3050% $30.00 28.390084069 120.775495765 634.571803716
15/2/2017 5.254143646 1.3050% $1,030.00 962.169902491 5,055.378879938 31,617.065702154
Totals 1,107.873894133 5,380.038607943 32,956.481211733
Dirty%Price $1,107.87
Accrued Interest $22.38
Clean%Price $1,085.50
Macaulay's Duration 4.856183214
Modified Duration 4.793626390
Macaulay's Convexity 29.7475023
Modified Convexity 28.98603051
As%at%31st%December%2014 Last coupon 15/8/2014 Days in coupon period 184
Date Time Period (t) Yield per period Cash Flow Present Value of CF PV of CF x (t) PV of CF x (t) x (t+1)
31/12/2014
15/2/2015 0.25 1.0850% $30.00 29.919172373 7.479793093 9.349741367
15/8/2015 1.25 1.0850% $30.00 29.598033707 36.997542134 83.244469802
15/2/2016 2.25 1.0850% $30.00 29.280341997 65.880769492 214.112500850
15/8/2016 3.25 1.0850% $30.00 28.966060243 94.139695790 400.093707106
15/2/2017 4.25 1.0850% $1,030.00 983.826880026 4,181.264240112 21,951.637260588
Totals 1101.590488346 4385.762040621 22658.437679712
Dirty%Price $1,101.59
Accrued Interest $22.50
Clean%Price $1,079.09
Macaulay's Duration 3.981299845
Modified Duration 3.9385664
Macaulay's Convexity 20.56883926
Modified Convexity 20.12965601
HPR
Days in Period 230
Days for Reinvestment 138
Coupon Payment $30.00
Interest on Reinvestment
of Coupon 0.290367123
HPR 2.166939889%
24. 23
Bond%Details
Face Value $1,000.00
Coupon rate per annum 5.50%
Cash Flow per period $27.50
Final Cash Flow $1,027.50
Coupon Dates 21st January 21st July
Issue Date 24/11/2010
Maturity Date 21/1/2018
30/6/2014 2.78%
31/12/2014 2.135%
As%at%30th%June%2014 Last coupon 21/1/2014 Days in coupon period181
Date Time Period (t) Yield per period Cash Flow Present Value of CF PV of CF x (t) PV of CF x (t) x (t+1)
30/6/2014
21/7/2014 0.116022099 1.3900% $27.50 27.455991206 3.185501742 3.555090342
21/1/2015 1.116022099 1.3900% $27.50 27.079584975 30.221415276 63.949182600
21/7/2015 2.116022099 1.3900% $27.50 26.708339062 56.515435695 176.103346584
21/1/2016 3.116022099 1.3900% $27.50 26.342182722 82.082823510 337.854715551
21/7/2016 4.116022099 1.3900% $27.50 25.981046180 106.938560244 547.100037493
21/1/2017 5.116022099 1.3900% $27.50 25.624860618 131.097353215 801.794309441
21/7/2017 6.116022099 1.3900% $27.50 25.273558159 154.573640233 1,099.949439892
21/1/2018 7.116022099 1.3900% $1,027.50 931.366048599 6,627.621384507 53,789.921623434
Totals 1,115.831611521 7,192.236114422 56,820.227745337
Dirty%Price $1,115.83
Accrued Interest $24.31
Clean%Price $1,091.52
Macaulay's Duration 6.44562857
Modified Duration 6.357262619
Macaulay's Convexity 50.92186595
Modified Convexity 49.53521624
As%at%31st%December%2014 Last coupon 21/7/2014 Days in coupon period184
Date Time Period (t) Yield per period Cash Flow Present Value of CF PV of CF x (t) PV of CF x (t) x (t+1)
31/12/2014
21/1/2015 0.114130435 1.0675% $27.50 27.466693337 3.134785653 3.492560102
21/7/2015 1.114130435 1.0675% $27.50 27.176583311 30.278258580 64.012187976
21/1/2016 2.114130435 1.0675% $27.50 26.889537498 56.847989601 177.032054574
21/7/2016 3.114130435 1.0675% $27.50 26.605523534 82.853070571 340.868339251
21/1/2017 4.114130435 1.0675% $27.50 26.324509396 108.302465288 553.872933892
21/7/2017 5.114130435 1.0675% $27.50 26.046463400 133.205011190 814.432812983
21/1/2018 6.114130435 1.0675% $1,027.50 962.911506685 5,887.366549027 41,883.493547156
Totals 1123.420817161 6301.988129910 43837.204435934
Dirty%Price $1,123.42
Accrued Interest $24.36
Clean%Price $1,099.06
Macaulay's Duration 5.609641582
Modified Duration 5.550391156
Macaulay's Convexity 39.02117868
Modified Convexity 38.20122919
HPR
Days in Period 184
Days for Reinvestment 163
Coupon Payment $27.50
Interest on Reinvestment
of Coupon 0.328511986
HPR 3.174109540%
25. 24
Bond%Details
Face Value $1,000.00
Coupon rate per annum 5.25%
Cash Flow per period $26.25
Final Cash Flow $1,026.25
Coupon Dates 15th March 15th September
Issue Date 17/1/2006
Maturity Date 15/3/2019
30/6/2014 2.95%
31/12/2014 2.18%
As%at%30th%June%2014 Last coupon 15/3/2014 Days in coupon period 184
Date Time Period (t) Yield per period Cash Flow Present Value of CF PV of CF x (t) PV of CF x (t) x (t+1)
30/6/2014
15/9/2014 0.418478261 1.4750% $26.25 26.089645580 10.917949509 15.486874032
15/3/2015 1.418478261 1.4750% $26.25 25.710416930 36.469667493 88.201098013
15/9/2015 2.418478261 1.4750% $26.25 25.336700596 61.276259594 209.471561330
15/3/2016 3.418478261 1.4750% $26.25 24.968416454 85.353988855 377.134744234
15/9/2016 4.418478261 1.4750% $26.25 24.605485542 108.718802965 589.090470413
15/3/2017 5.418478261 1.4750% $26.25 24.247830049 131.386339992 843.300367013
15/9/2017 6.418478261 1.4750% $26.25 23.895373293 153.371934014 1,137.786358308
15/3/2018 7.418478261 1.4750% $26.25 23.548039707 174.690620652 1,470.629192334
15/9/2018 8.418478261 1.4750% $26.25 23.205754823 195.357142507 1,839.966999804
15/3/2019 9.418478261 1.4750% $1,026.25 894.047312141 8,420.565173586 87,729.475205240
Totals 1,115.654975114 9,378.107879166 94,300.542870722
Dirty%Price $1,115.65
Accrued Interest $15.26
Clean%Price $1,100.39
Macaulay's Duration 8.405921265
Modified Duration 8.283736156
Macaulay's Convexity 84.5248262
Modified Convexity 82.0854468
As%at%31st%December%2014 Last coupon 15/9/2014 Days in coupon period 181
Date Time Period (t) Yield per period Cash Flow Present Value of CF PV of CF x (t) PV of CF x (t) x (t+1)
31/12/2014
15/3/2015 0.408839779 1.0900% $26.25 26.133911117 10.684582446 15.052864772
15/9/2015 1.408839779 1.0900% $26.25 25.852122977 36.421499221 87.733556135
15/3/2016 2.408839779 1.0900% $26.25 25.573373209 61.602158668 209.991888942
15/9/2016 3.408839779 1.0900% $26.25 25.297629052 86.235564227 380.198785929
15/3/2017 4.408839779 1.0900% $26.25 25.024858099 110.330589850 596.760483221
15/9/2017 5.408839779 1.0900% $26.25 24.755028290 133.895981747 858.117894072
15/3/2018 6.408839779 1.0900% $26.25 24.488107914 156.940360113 1,162.745982934
15/9/2018 7.408839779 1.0900% $26.25 24.224065599 179.472220820 1,509.153149656
15/3/2019 8.408839779 1.0900% $1,026.25 936.834120320 7,877.688017276 74,119.904383540
Totals 1138.183216577 8653.270974368 78939.658989201
Dirty%Price $1,138.18
Accrued Interest $15.52
Clean%Price $1,122.67
Macaulay's Duration 7.602704774
Modified Duration 7.52072883
Macaulay's Convexity 69.35584521
Modified Convexity 67.86825385
HPR
Days in Period 184
Days for Reinvestment 107
Coupon Payment $26.25
Interest on Reinvestment
of Coupon 0.234703767
HPR 4.393199181%