Interest Rate Futures and Swaps

Free GARP FRM Part I lesson in Financial Markets and Products. 21 min read, ~3,211 words.

T-bond futures allow delivery of any bond with maturity 15 years. Conversion factor (CF) scales bond prices to a 6% benchmark coupon. Cheapest-to-deliver (CTD): minimize delivery cost = quoted bond price - (futures × CF). High coupon and short maturity favor CTD when yields 6%; low coupon and long maturity...

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