interest-rate-swap

David breaks down the valuation of an interest rate swap into three steps: 1. The assumptions, which includes understanding the TIMELINE; e.g., we are valuing the stop at some point after origination and it has some remaining life (in this case 15 months); 2. Extracting the implied semi-annual...

AAACorp has a comparative advantage in fixed-rate markets, but BBBCorp has a comparative advantage in floating-rate markets (even as it pays more everwhere!). The difference in spreads (in this case, the difference is 0.50% = 1.20% - 0.70%) is the gross total advantage that can be conferred...