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Fully Callable Bonds. Can be called at any time after the call date if applicable. Common among corporate bonds. Partially Callable Bonds. Only a portion of the bond can be called, not the full amount
Callable bond: allows the issuer to buy back the bond at a predetermined price at a certain time in future. The holder of such a bond has, in effect, sold a call option to the issuer. Callable bonds cannot be called for the first few years of their life. This period is known as the lock out period.
If rates go down, many home owners will refinance at a lower rate. As a consequence, the agencies lose assets. By issuing numerous callable bonds, they have a natural hedge, as they can then call their own issues and refinance at a lower rate. The price behaviour of a callable bond is the opposite of that of puttable bond.
the expected intrinsic value of the option, defined as the expected value of the difference between the strike price and the market value, i.e., max[S−X, 0]. [3] the risk premium to compensate for the unpredictability of the value; the time value of money reflecting the delay to the payout time
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Securities other than bonds that may have embedded options include senior equity, convertible preferred stock and exchangeable preferred stock. See Convertible security. [citation needed] The valuation of these securities couples bond-or equity-valuation, as appropriate, with option pricing. For bonds here, there are two main approaches, as ...
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