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11/19/2012

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bellwether rate
Definition
interest rate that serves as a leading indicator of furture trends
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discount rate
Definition
interest rate the Fed offers to banks overnight loans
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call money rate
Definition
interest rate brokerage firms pay for call money loans, basis for customer rates
Term
CD
Definition
large denomination deposits commercial banks for a specified term
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LIBOR
Definition
Interest Rate for international banks
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T-Bill
Definition
short term debt instrument
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pure discount security
Definition
asset that makes single payment at maturity with no payments before maturity
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basis point
Definition
interest rate or bond yields, 1% of 1%
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bank discount basis
Definition
quoting interest rates
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term structure of interest rates
Definition
relationship between time to maturity and interest rates, default free
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nominal interest rate
Definition
normally observed, with no adjustment for inflation
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fisher hypothesis
Definition
assertion that nominal interest rates follow general level of inflation
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expectations theory
Definition
interest rates is a reflection of financial market beliefs, future interest rates
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maturity preference theory
Definition
long term IR to induce lenders into making longer term loans
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market segmentation theory
Definition
debt markets are segmented by maturity, separately in each segment
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coupon rate
Definition
annual coupon divided by par value
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yeild to maturity
Definition
dsicount rate that equates bond price with present value
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premium
Definition

price>par

YTM<coupon

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Discount
Definition

price<par

YTM>Coupon

Term
Par
Definition

Price=par

YTM=coupon

Term
clean dirty price
Definition
bond net of accrued interest, bond price including accrued interest (full)
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Call price
Definition
price issuer must pay to buy it back
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make-whole call price
Definition
present value of bonds remaining cash flows
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call protection period
Definition
period which callable bond cannot be called
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yield to call
Definition
assumes bond will be redeemed at the earliest call date
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interest rate risk
Definition
changes in IR will result in losses
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realized yield
Definition
yield actually earned
Term

Malkiels Therorems

(1-5)

Definition

1-price moves opposite of yields

2-longer maturity greater change in the price

3- price increases at diminishing rate maturity lengthens

4- percent change in price inverse to coupon rate

5- increase price greater from yield decrease than opposite

Term

Duration

(1-4)

Definition

1- longer maturity longer duration

2- duration increases at decreasing rate as maturity lengthens

3-higher bond coupon, shorter duration

4- higher yield, shorter duration

Term
dedicated portfolio
Definition
portfolio for future cash outlay
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immunization
Definition
minimize uncertainty surrounding target date value
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price risk
Definition
bond prices decrease from date calue unknown
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Expected return
Definition
average return in the future on risky asset
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investment opportunity set
Definition
combinations
Term
systematic risk
Definition
risk that influences a large number of assets
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beta coefficent
Definition
measures relative systematic risk of an asset
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security market line
Definition
relationship between systematic risk and expected return
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CAPM
Definition
theory of risk and return for securities in a competitive capital market
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covariance
Definition
tendency of two things to move or vary together
Term
CAPM factors (3)
Definition

1- pure time value of money

2- reward for bearing systemativ risk

3- the amount of systematic risk

Term
Sharpe Ratio
Definition
portfolio risk premium over portfolio return standard deviation, higher better
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Treynor ratio
Definition
portfolio risk premium over portfolio beta
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Jensens alpha
Definition
raw return less return predicted by capm, higher better
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