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The simple Dietz method [1] is a means of measuring historical investment portfolio performance, compensating for external flows into/out of the portfolio during the period. [2] The formula for the simple Dietz return is as follows: = + / where is the portfolio rate of return,
The Interpolated Spread, I-spread or ISPRD of a bond is the difference between its yield to maturity and the linearly interpolated yield for the same maturity on an appropriate reference yield curve. The reference curve may refer to government debt securities or interest rate swaps or other benchmark instruments, and should always be explicitly ...
To derive this rate we observe that the theoretical price of a bond can be calculated as the present value of the cash flows to be received in the future. In the case of swap rates, we want the par bond rate (Swaps are priced at par when created) and therefore we require that the present value of the future cash flows and principal be equal to ...
Smith, A. and Wilson, T. (2000). Fitting Yield Curves with Long Term Constraints. Research report, Bacon & Woodrow. Technical documentation of the methodology to derive EIOPA's risk-free interest rate term structures
The forward rate is the future yield on a bond. It is calculated using the yield curve . For example, the yield on a three-month Treasury bill six months from now is a forward rate .
Unlike an equity price, which just moves one-dimensionally, the price of a fixed-income security is calculated from sum of discounted cash flows, where the discount rate used depends on the interest rate at that maturity. The magnitude and shape of curve changes are therefore of major importance to fixed-income managers.
If rates have increased to 4.5%, you’ll lock in the higher rate for the next term. But if rates have fallen to 3%, you’d earn less money over the next year unless you found a better alternative.
Key rate durations require that we value an instrument off a yield curve and requires building a yield curve. Ho's original methodology was based on valuing instruments off a zero or spot yield curve and used linear interpolation between "key rates", but the idea is applicable to yield curves based on forward rates, par rates, and so forth.