Fixed Income Trading
Fixed income trading involves the buying and selling of securities including government and corporate bonds. Learn the basics of those securities and how they are impacted by government and fiscal policy and other macroeconomic indicators.
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Asset-Backed Commercial Paper (ABCP): Definition and Uses
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What Is a Credit-Linked Note (CLN), and How Does It Work?
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Equity-Linked Note (ELN) Definition and Features
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Riding the Yield Curve
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Why Hedge Funds Love Investing in Distressed Debt
Explore Fixed Income Trading
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Normal Yield Curve
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Non-Marketable Security: Definition, Examples, Vs. Marketable
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What Is a Negative Bond Yield? How It Works in Investing
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What Is Prepayment Risk? Definition, Consequences, and Examples
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What Is the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC)? History
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Interpolated Yield Curve (I Curve): Definition and Uses
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Treasury Lock
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Repudiation
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Convertible Hedge
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Matrix Trading
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Death Put
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Master Notes
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Brave Enough to Invest in Greek Bonds? Here's How
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Constant Proportion Debt Obligation (CPDO)
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Collateralized Mortgage Obligation vs. Collateralized Bond Obligation
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Modified Pass-Through Certificate
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What Are Some Examples of Debt Instruments?
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What Does Market Segmentation Theory Assume About Interest Rates?
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Empirical Duration
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Risk-Free Asset: Definition and Examples of Asset Types
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How to Calculate Macaulay Duration in Excel
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How to Profit From Investing in Failing Company Debt
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How Do I Calculate Convexity in Excel?
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Global Bond
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Convertible Bond Arbitrage: Definition, How It Works, Examples
Interest Rate Collar: Definition, How It Works, Example
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Substitution Swap
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Municipal Bond Arbitrage
Intermarket Spread Swap
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Zero-Coupon Mortgage
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Next Generation Fixed Income (NGFI)
Range Accrual
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Cashless Conversion
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Vintage
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What Is Portfolio Runoff? Definition, How It Works, and Examples
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Single Monthly Mortality (SMM)
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Aggregator
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Stripped MBS
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Assignment of Trade (AOT)
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Half-Life
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Calamity Call
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48-Hour Rule
Drop
Reverse Convertible Note (RCN)
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Dedicated Portfolio
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Jumbo Pool
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Delayed Perpetuity
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How the Money Market Hedge Works
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The Inverse Relationship Between Interest Rates and Bond Prices
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Barbell: Definition in Investing, How Strategy Works, and Example
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Calculating the Dollar Value of Basis Points in Excel
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Floating Charge: Definition, How They're Used, and Example
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Is the USAA Money Market Fund USAXX Worth It?
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Theory of Liquidity Preference Definition: History, Example, and How It Works
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Coupon Equivalent Rate (CER) Definition
Yield to Maturity vs. Holding Period Return: What's the Difference?
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What Is a Basis Rate Swap? Definition, Example, and Basis Risk
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Variable Rate Demand Note: Explaining VRDNs
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What Is Debt Security? Definition, Types, and How to Invest
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Swap Curve: Definition, Comparison to Yield Curve, and How to Use