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by Fackouch
March 4th, 2016, 3:45 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Mid-Curve Swaption
Replies: 3
Views: 2568

Mid-Curve Swaption

Hello,Can someone please guide me on what's the difference between a Vanilla Swaption and a mid-curve Swaption?Thanks a lot.
by Fackouch
February 24th, 2016, 4:35 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: difference between interpolation and bootstrapping
Replies: 5
Views: 2410

difference between interpolation and bootstrapping

I'm trying to find a rate between 2 points so I should use then interpolation method. I have 2 years rate and 1 year rate but I'm trying to find 14 months rate.I'm not trying to build a curve so I can leave the bootstrapping out :)Thanks all for the help.
by Fackouch
February 24th, 2016, 11:34 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: difference between interpolation and bootstrapping
Replies: 5
Views: 2410

difference between interpolation and bootstrapping

Hello,I just have a general question regarding Interpolation and bootstrapping. They both aim to find missing points in the curve but what is the difference between for example linear interpolation and bootstrapping for calculation missing rates in the Swap curve?Thanks.
by Fackouch
December 16th, 2015, 8:17 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Inflation swap indexation
Replies: 2
Views: 2888

Inflation swap indexation

Thanks a lot for this.
by Fackouch
December 15th, 2015, 12:04 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Inflation swap indexation
Replies: 2
Views: 2888

Inflation swap indexation

Hello,I'm just wondering why inflation swaps have an indexation lag of 2 to 3 months? thanks.
by Fackouch
December 10th, 2015, 4:17 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Difference between coupon rate and quoted spread on CDS
Replies: 2
Views: 2337

Difference between coupon rate and quoted spread on CDS

Thanks for this, much appreciated. what confused me is that some enities have a spread of 5000bps or more so the difference to standard coupon rate is huge.
by Fackouch
December 10th, 2015, 3:36 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Difference between coupon rate and quoted spread on CDS
Replies: 2
Views: 2337

Difference between coupon rate and quoted spread on CDS

<t>Hello,does anyone knows whats the difference between CDS coupon (which is either 100bps or 500bps) and quoted spread? for example if I buy a CDS with 500bps fixed coupon payments and the quoted spread for the same maturity is 400bps. do I receive the difference back?most single name CDS have coup...