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by terryturbo
November 7th, 2005, 9:43 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: what is the basis in a basis swap?
Replies: 2
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what is the basis in a basis swap?

The basis is the spread between the two floating rates.
by terryturbo
November 2nd, 2005, 1:46 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: American options
Replies: 4
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American options

The option is always worth as much as it's payoff as at that instance you could exercise it and get the payoff. As such you need to use this payoff at that node for your calculations.
by terryturbo
October 27th, 2005, 1:03 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: DV01
Replies: 5
Views: 134518

DV01

It's the dollar value of a basis point move.
by terryturbo
September 27th, 2005, 3:51 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: How to hedge with put-call parity on futures
Replies: 3
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How to hedge with put-call parity on futures

As far as I knowFuturesC + Xe^(-rt) = P + Fe^(-rt)ie strike and future price discounted at risk freeFXC + Xe^(-rd*t) = P + Se^(-rf*t)ie strike discounted at domestic rate and FX discounted at foreign rate