Interest Rates: Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives 6
Interest Rates: Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives 6
Interest Rates: Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives 6
Chapter 4
Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives 6th Edition, Copyright John C. Hull 2005 4.1
Types of Rates
For any given currency, many different
types of interest rates are regularly
quoted (mortgage rates, deposit rates,
prime rates...)
Treasury rates
LIBOR rates
Repo rates
A 1 R
T
mT
R
A 1
m
A amount, T no. of years, R interest
rate, m compounded frequency per year
Define
Rc : continuously compounded rate
Rm: same rate with compounding m times
per year
Rm
Rc m ln 1
m
Rm m e Rc / m 1
Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives 6th Edition, 4.8
Zero Rates or Spot Rates
(100 100d )m
c
A
10.68 10.808
10.469 10.53 1
10 6
10.127
Maturity (yrs)
9
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5
1 3.0
2 4.0 5.0
3 4.6 5.8
4 5.0 6.2
5 5.3 6.5
1 B 2 i ie
c t 2 yti
C i 1
B y 2
B
so that
B 1
Dy C (y ) 2
B 2
Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives 6th Edition, 4.29
Theories of the Term Structure
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