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The Z-spread of a bond is the number of basis points (bp, or 0.01%) that one needs to add to the Treasury yield curve (or technically to Treasury forward rates) so that the Net present value of the bond cash flows (using the adjusted yield curve) equals the market price of the bond (including accrued interest). The spread is calculated iteratively.
For an MBS, the word "option" in option-adjusted spread relates primarily to the right of property owners, whose mortgages back the security, to prepay the mortgage amount. Since mortgage borrowers will tend to exercise this right when it is favourable for them and unfavourable for the bond-holder, buying an MBS implicitly involves selling an ...
A narrowing of yield spreads (between bonds of different risk ratings) implies that the market is factoring in less risk, probably due to an improving economic outlook. The TED spread is one commonly-quoted credit spread. The difference between Baa-rated ten-year corporate bonds and ten-year Treasuries is another commonly-quoted credit spread. [2]
Duration Risk is a Key Concern of Bond Investors as Credit and Spread Levels Have Some Fundamental Support, Says Market Vectors' Fran Rodilosso NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Duration* risk remains a ...
For bonds with fixed cash flows a price change can come from two sources: The passage of time (convergence towards par). This is of course totally predictable, and hence not a risk. A change in the yield. This can be due to a change in the benchmark yield, and/or change in the yield spread.
For instance, a bond paying a 10% annual coupon will always pay 10% of its face value to the owner each year, even if there is no change in market conditions. However, the effective yield on the bond may well be different, since the market price of the bond is usually different from the face value. Yield return is calculated from
Current ratio vs. quick ratio vs. debt-to-equity Other measures of liquidity and solvency that are similar to the current ratio might be more useful, depending on the situation.
For each stage of the iterative process, we are interested in deriving the n-year zero-coupon bond yield, also known as the internal rate of return of the zero-coupon bond. As there are no intermediate payments on this bond, (all the interest and principal is realized at the end of n years) it is sometimes called the n-year spot rate.