Pricing Interest Rate Swaps

In todays video we will learn the two methods for pricing interest rate swaps.

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Interest Rate Swap Valuation

Swaps are typically valued at zero at inception. Afterwards they, may take on a positive or negative valuation. Swaps are a zero-sum game, one counterparty’s gain is equal to the other counterparty’s loss.

A plain vanilla interest rate swap can be priced as either a combination of a long position in one bond and a short position in another bond, or as a portfolio of forward-rate-agreements. In this video we will learn about both the bond valuation approach and the FRA (Forward rate agreement) approach to pricing interest rate swaps.

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