Bank-one / Rabobank 1. What is the problem? Why might investors be so concerned about the bank’s derivative use? The problem is that Banc One’s stock price has gone down nearly 25% due to analyst and investor concern that increased derivative use has inflated key accounting margins and ratios. The derivatives (interest-rate swaps) do not show up on the balance sheet as assets/liabilities‚ but do show up on the income statement. Therefore‚ metrics such as ReturnOnAssets may not accurately
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Understanding Asset Swaps Learning Curve Richard Pereira September 2003 2 Asset swaps Asset swaps combine an interest-rate swap with a bond and are seen as both cash market instruments and also as credit derivatives. They are used to alter the cash flow profile of a bond. The asset swap market is an important segment of the credit derivatives market since it explicitly sets out the price of credit as a spread over Libor. Pricing a bond by reference to Libor is commonly used and the spread over
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In-arrears swap Also known as a delayed reset swap‚ an in-arrear swap is an interest rate fixed for floating swap that has its floating leg that pays at the regular payment date a rate that has just reset (usually that has reset two business day ago for Euro JPY and USD swap and that has just reset for GBP swap). In the case of swap paying every six months‚ the reset rate at the payment date would be fixed six months and two days ago in a regular swap only two days ago in the in-arrear version
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EFFECT OF INTEREST RATE ON FOREIGHN EXCHANGE RATE (EVIDENCE FROM ASIAN REGION) ABSTRACT: In this article we investigate the impact of a change in U.S. short term interest rates relative to those in some Asian countries like Bangladesh‚ Thailand‚ Japan‚ Pakistan‚ and China on the bilateral foreign exchange rates between the U.S dollar and each country’s currency. Several factors determine the exchange rate of a country. A higher currency makes a country’s exports more expensive and imports cheaper
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Burrhus Frederic Skinner the Theorist Behaviorism is the branch of psychology associated today with numerous psychologists but one of the most prominent behavioral psychologists of all time‚ B.F. Skinner really taught people that any behavior is usually immediately affected by its consequences. I having a young child I have seen Skinners theories work in many different facets during my short stint of being a parent. Skinner is a theorist who made his reputation by studying how an individual’s behavior
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EXPLAIN THE CONCEPT OF THE TERM STRUCTURE OF INTEREST? WHAT INFLUENCE DOES THE BANK OF ENGLAND HAVE OVER THE TERM STRUCTURE AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR MONETARY POLICY To understand the term structure of interest rate we need to elaborate how interest rates function and how they are determined. Interest rates are a vital tool to all the macro-economic policy objectives of a government such as control of inflation‚ investment as well as employment. Interest rates refer to the price paid by deficit agents
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CHAPTER 6 INTEREST RATES AND BOND VALUATION L E A R N I N G LG1 Describe interest rate fundamentals‚ the term structure of interest rates‚ and risk premiums. LG2 Review the legal aspects of bond financing and bond cost. LG3 LG4 Discuss the general features‚ quotations‚ ratings‚ popular types‚ and international issues of corporate bonds. LG5 LG6 G O A L S Apply the basic valuation model to bonds and describe the impact of required return and time to maturity
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Interest rate is the rate paid by the debtor for using the money of creditor (http://www.investorwords.com/2539/interest_rate.html 1.12.2011.). Normally‚ the interest rate charged by percentage of the money borrowed for a period of one year. For example‚ debtor borrowed £100 from the bank for one year; the interest rate of that year is 10%‚ then the debtor has to pay £110 to the bank after one year for using their money‚ the extra £10 is the interest. Moreover‚ the interest rate played an important
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Chapter 5 : Interet rates Page161 Interest rate quotes and adjustments 5-1. Your bank is offering you an account that will pay 20% interest in total for a two-year deposit. Determine the equivalent discount rate for a period length of a. Six months. b. One year. c. One month. a. Since 6 months is [pic] of 2 years‚ using our rule [pic] So the equivalent 6 month rate is 4.66%. b. Since one year is half of 2 years [pic] So the equivalent 1 year rate is 9.54%. c. Since
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between exchange rates‚ interest rates • In this lecture we will learn how exchange rates accommodate equilibrium in financial markets. For this purpose we examine the relationship between interest rates and exchange rates. Interest rates are the return to holding interest-bearing financial assets. In the previous lecture we have pointed out that as being a financial asset exchange rates tend to adjust more quickly to new information that goods prices. Like exchange rates‚ interest rates are also the prices
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