Derivatives Market
Derivatives Market
Derivatives
Market
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3. Options 4. Swaps
and Futures
funds.
Forward Markets
Forward Contract is an agreement to transact
involving the future exchange of a set amount
of assets at a set price.
Futures Markets
Futures Contract is an agreement to transact
involving the future exchange of a set
amount of assets for a price that is settled
daily.
03 Options
03. Options
A contract that gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell the
underlying asset at a specified price within a specified period of time.
Swaps
04. An agreement between two
A swap used to hedge against
exchange rate risk from mismatched
currencies on assets and liabilities.
parties to exchange assets or
a series of cash flows for a
specific period of time at a Credit Swaps
specified interval
Total Return Swap involves swapping an
obligation to pay interest at a specified fixed
or floating rate for payments representing the
Interest Rate Swap total return on a loan of a specified amount.
An exchange of fixed interest payments for Pure Credit Swap is the alternative swap,
floating-interest payments by two without the interest rate.
counterparties.
Caps, Floors,
05
and Collars
05 Caps, Floors,
and Collars Floor
A put option on interest rates,
often with multiple exercise
dates.
Cap
A call option on interest rates,
often with multiple exercise Collar
dates. A position taken simultaneously
in a cap and a floor.
Thank You!
Chapter 10 - Derivative Securities Markets
Financial Markets and Institutions Fifth Edition
Anthony Saunders & Marcia Millon Cornett