FIXED INCOME FORWARD
A contract to buy or sell a fixed income security, in the future, at a price agreed upon today. The price of a fixed income forward contract is calculated by subtracting the present value of coupon payments over the life of the contract from the bond price, and compounding this by the risk free rate over the life of the contract. The value of the contract is the bond price less the present value of coupons less the present value of the price that will be paid at expiration.
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Stock Market Crash of 1987
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Z-Score
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The total cost of an option.
The difference between the higher price paid for a fixed-income secur ...
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| Time | Country | Indices | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07:00 | Leading Indicators | Aug | |
| 11:00 | Ifo Business Climate Index | Oct | |
| 11:00 | Ifo Current Assessment | Oct | |
| 11:00 | IFO - Expectations | Oct | |
| 13:00 | CBI retail sales volume balance | Oct | |
| 01:50 | Corporate Service Price Index | Sep | |
| 02:01 | BRC Shop Price Index | Oct | |
| 07:00 | BOJ Core CPI | Sep | |
| 10:00 | Unemployment Rate | 3 quarter |
