OPTIONALITY IN BONDS
A bond may contain an embedded option; it may be like callable or putable etc., CALLABLE BOND: Some bonds contain an embedded option, which gives the issuer the ability to
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A bond may contain an embedded option; it may be like callable or putable etc., CALLABLE BOND: Some bonds contain an embedded option, which gives the issuer the ability to
Read MoreThe dirty price is the price of a bond including any interest that has accrued since issue of the most recent coupon payment. Whereas the clean price is the price
Read MoreBonds are ranked on the basis of the degree of risk associated with timely payment of their interest and principle. A bond rating is a grade given to a bond
Read MoreCorporate bonds are popular among investors, typically offering lower risk and higher income than shares. Corporate bonds are debt instruments issued by private and public corporations in order to raise
Read MoreCONTANGO AND BACKWARDATION: The current price of an asset (financial, commodity) at which it is bought and sold for immediate payment and delivery is called spot price. The price of
Read MoreAlso known as Jobless Claims (or) Initial Claims, measures the number of individuals who filed for unemployment insurance for the first time during the past week. This is the nation’s
Read MoreOpen Interest is the total number of outstanding contracts that are held by market participants at the end of the day. It can also be defined as the total number
Read MoreAn initial public offering or IPO is the way a firm goes public and sells shares to raise capital. There are two types of IPO issues namely.., Fixed price issue
Read MorePortfolios contain groups of securities that are selected to achieve the highest return for a given level of risk. How well this is achieved depends on how well the portfolio
Read MoreOption spreads are the basic building blocks of many options trading strategies. A spread position is entered by buying and selling equal number of options of the same class on
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