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1 | (18) |
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1.2 From Realized to Expected Fixed Income Volatility |
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4 | (4) |
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1.3 The Right Numeraire and Volatility Pricing |
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8 | (8) |
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1.3.1 Market Risk and Model-Free Pricing |
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9 | (2) |
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1.3.2 Getting the Right Volatility with the Right Model |
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11 | (5) |
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1.4 Scope and Plan of the Book |
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16 | (3) |
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2 Variance Contracts: Fixed Income Security Design |
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19 | (40) |
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19 | (2) |
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2.2 Market Numeraires and Volatilities |
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21 | (1) |
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2.3 Interest Rate Variance Swaps |
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22 | (9) |
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2.3.1 Contracts and Model-Free Pricing |
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22 | (4) |
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2.3.2 Log Versus Quadratic Contracts |
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26 | (2) |
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28 | (2) |
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2.3.4 Constant Gamma Exposure |
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30 | (1) |
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2.4 Implied Volatility Indexes |
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31 | (4) |
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31 | (1) |
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2.4.2 Comparisons to Model-Based Log-Normal and Normal Implied Volatility |
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32 | (2) |
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2.4.3 Index Decompositions |
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34 | (1) |
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2.5 Implementing Basis Point Variance Swaps |
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35 | (5) |
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2.5.1 Incremental Versus Point-to-Point Realized Variance |
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35 | (3) |
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2.5.2 Volatility Risk Premiums |
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38 | (2) |
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2.6 Skew Shifts and the Dynamics of Volatility Indexes |
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40 | (7) |
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41 | (2) |
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2.6.2 Numerical Experiments and Interpretation of Actual Index Behavior |
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43 | (4) |
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47 | (12) |
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Appendix A Appendix on Security Design and Volatility Indexing |
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49 | (1) |
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A.1 Proof of Proposition 2.2 |
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49 | (2) |
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A.2 A Stochastic Multiplier Beyond the Market NumEraire |
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51 | (1) |
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A.3 Vega and Gamma in Gaussian Markets |
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51 | (3) |
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A.4 Proof of Proposition 2.3 |
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54 | (1) |
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A.5 Approximating Indexes |
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55 | (2) |
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57 | (2) |
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59 | (66) |
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59 | (2) |
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3.2 Risks Regarding Interest Rate Swaps |
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61 | (5) |
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61 | (2) |
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3.2.2 Option-Based Volatility Trading |
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63 | (3) |
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3.3 Interest Rate Swap Variance Contracts |
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66 | (12) |
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3.3.1 Risks and Spanning Derivatives |
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67 | (1) |
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68 | (2) |
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70 | (1) |
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71 | (1) |
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72 | (4) |
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3.3.6 Links to Constant Maturity Swaps |
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76 | (1) |
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3.3.7 Physical Swap Settlement and Variance Contracts |
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76 | (1) |
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77 | (1) |
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78 | (5) |
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3.4.1 Spot Trading Through IRV Swaps |
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78 | (3) |
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3.4.2 Spot Trading Through Standardized IRV Swaps |
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81 | (1) |
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82 | (1) |
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3.5 Interest Rate Swap Volatility Indexes |
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83 | (4) |
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3.5.1 Basis Point Volatility Index |
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83 | (1) |
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3.5.2 Percentage Volatility Index |
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84 | (1) |
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84 | (3) |
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87 | (1) |
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3.6 Swap Versus Equity Variance Contracts and Indexes |
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87 | (2) |
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89 | (36) |
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3.7.1 A Numerical Example |
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90 | (3) |
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3.7.2 Historical Performance |
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93 | (4) |
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Appendix B Appendix on Interest Rate Swap Markets |
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97 | (1) |
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B.1 P&L of Option-Based Volatility Trading |
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97 | (6) |
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B.2 Spanning IRS Variance Contracts |
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103 | (4) |
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107 | (4) |
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B.4 Constant Maturity Swaps |
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111 | (2) |
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B.5 The Contract and Index in the Vasicek Market |
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113 | (12) |
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4 Government Bonds and Time-Deposits |
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125 | (86) |
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125 | (4) |
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129 | (28) |
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4.2.1 Pricing Spot Volatility |
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129 | (5) |
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134 | (2) |
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4.2.3 Percentage Price Volatility |
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136 | (2) |
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4.2.4 Basis Point Price Volatility |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (1) |
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139 | (2) |
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4.2.7 Forward Price Adjustments |
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141 | (1) |
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4.2.8 Model-Free Measures of Basis Point Yield Volatility |
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142 | (3) |
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4.2.9 Certainty Equivalent Bond Prices as Expectations of Forward Prices |
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145 | (3) |
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4.2.10 Early Exercise and Futures Corrections |
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148 | (5) |
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4.2.11 Implementation Example |
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153 | (4) |
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157 | (1) |
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157 | (13) |
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4.3.1 The Underlying Risks |
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157 | (1) |
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4.3.2 Variance Contracts and Volatility Indexes |
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158 | (2) |
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160 | (1) |
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4.3.4 American Future Corrections |
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161 | (4) |
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4.3.5 Implementation Example |
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165 | (3) |
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4.3.6 LIBOR Variance Contracts and Volatility Indexes |
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168 | (2) |
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170 | (15) |
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170 | (6) |
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176 | (6) |
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4.4.3 Alternative Characterizations of Variance Contracts and Indexes |
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182 | (2) |
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4.4.4 Tilting the Variance Payoff |
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184 | (1) |
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4.5 Index Design with Heterogeneous Market Data |
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185 | (26) |
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4.5.1 Sandwich Combinations |
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186 | (2) |
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188 | (1) |
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Appendix C Appendix on Government Bonds and Time Deposit Markets |
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189 | (1) |
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C.1 The Equity VIX with Stochastic Interest Rates |
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189 | (2) |
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C.2 Naive Model-Free Methodology and Bias in Vasicek's Market |
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191 | (2) |
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193 | (1) |
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C.4 Replication of Variance Swaps |
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193 | (2) |
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C.5 Estimates Based on Forward Price Approximations |
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195 | (2) |
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C.6 Certainty Equivalence, and Existence of Basis Point Yield Volatility |
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197 | (2) |
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C.7 Illustrations with a Stochastic Volatility Model |
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199 | (3) |
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C.8 The Future Price in Vasicek's Model |
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202 | (1) |
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C.9 Future and Forward LIBOR Options in Vasicek's Model |
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202 | (4) |
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C.10 The Impact of Early Exercise Premiums and Maturity Mismatch |
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206 | (5) |
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211 | (36) |
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211 | (2) |
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5.2 Existing Credit Trading Practices |
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213 | (5) |
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214 | (1) |
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214 | (1) |
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215 | (3) |
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5.3 Credit Variance Contracts |
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218 | (7) |
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218 | (2) |
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220 | (1) |
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221 | (4) |
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5.4 Credit Volatility Indexes |
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225 | (5) |
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225 | (1) |
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5.4.2 Forward Premium Adjustments |
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226 | (1) |
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5.4.3 Differences with Respect to Other Fixed Income Volatility Gauges |
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226 | (1) |
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5.4.4 Implementation Example |
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227 | (3) |
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5.4.5 Index Design Through Option Cycles |
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230 | (1) |
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5.5 Post "Big-Bang" Conventions and Index Adjustments |
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230 | (17) |
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5.5.1 Index Values Under Constant Hazard Rates |
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231 | (1) |
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232 | (1) |
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5.5.3 Option Payoffs and Evaluation |
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233 | (3) |
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236 | (1) |
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Appendix D Appendix on Credit Markets |
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237 | (1) |
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D.1 Preliminary Facts Concerning CDS Indexes |
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237 | (1) |
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D.2 Spanning Credit Variance Contracts |
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238 | (4) |
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242 | (5) |
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