Commodity solutions are often structured using correlation-dependent options. Let's say a car producer wishes to hedge their copper and aluminium costs using a single option.
They enter into a 3-month equally weighted basket option. With the 3 month prices of CU and AL being $9,000 and $2,500 respectively, the strike price of an ATM basket call option would be $5,750 (($9,000 + $2,500) / 2).
What would be
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An A to Z of finance
07
November
2022
Following a series of posts on LinkedIn, we have been able to compile a document that comprises of a series of short pieces on various financial topics.
They have been organised alphabetically and can be downloaded here for
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Understanding inflation breakevens
30
April
2021
Inflation breakevens
Introduction
The Fisher equation is a way of decomposing a nominal yield into three components:
Real yields
Inflation expectations
Inflation risk premium
It is expressed as:
(1 + nominal rate) = (1 + real rate) (1+ inflation expectations) (1+ inflation risk premium)
It is common for practitioners to combine the last two elements into one component and refer to it as the
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Leave a commentFloating Rate Notes - The Full Monty
13
November
2018
Understanding Arsenal’s Floating Rate Note
Gerald: All I want to do is get you in a straight bloody line! What do I have to do?
Horse: Well it’s the Arsenal offside trap isn’t it?
Gerald: You what?
Horse: The Arsenal offside trap! Lomper here is Tony Adams, right? Any bugger looks like scoring we all step forward in a line and waive our arms around like a fairy!
The ‘Full Monty”
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