Archives for January, 2012

Forward lessons: Derivative pricing: How to calculate the value of a forward contract in Excel

How to calculate the value of a forward contract in Excel Value of a long forward contract (continuous)

The value of a long forward contract with no known income and where the risk free rate is compounded on a continuous basis is given by the following equation:

f = S0 – Ke-rT

Where

S0 is the spot price

T is the remaining time to maturity

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Forward Rate Calculations: Forward Rate Agreements and Forward Foreign Exchange Rates

How to calculate the values of Forward Rate Agreements (FRA)

We are valuing an FRA for someone who is receiving fixed interest rate payments and who is paying floating interest rate payments.

Value of an FRA (zero coupon rate calculated on a discrete basis)

Where, L is the principal amount

RK is the fixed interest rate

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More Forward Rates Lessons: How to calculate Forward Rates – Calculations walk through

How to determine Spot Rates and Forward Rates & Yield to Maturity How to determine Forward Rates from Spot Rates

The relationship between spot and forward rates is given by the following equation:

ft-1, 1=(1+st)t ÷ (1+st-1)t-1 -1

Where

st is the t-period spot rate

ft-1,t is the forward rate applicable for the period (t-1,t)

If the 1-year…

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Computational Finance: Basics: Calculating forward prices in Excel – Part I

 

How to calculate the forward price of a security in Excel Forward Price of a security with no income

Forward Price of a security with no income is given by the formula S0ert.

For example if S0 , the spot price, of the asset is 100. The time to delivery in the forward contract is 6 months (or 0.5 years) and the annual risk free rate is…

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Startup Guide: I hate product launches or the 40 days that led to last night

One would think that after doing this for the last twenty years by now this would have gotten easier. Apparently not.

Here is the Memento look (with apologies to Guy Pierce) on what happened last night.

Day Zero – Launch

21st January 2012 – 2:00 am – Launch

Press post on Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter.

21st January 2012 – 1:00 am – Code Launch

The blog post announcing…

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Startup Guide: Code Launch: The 10 step guide to bombing your product launch

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Introducing FourQuants.com – The soft launch

The road to Decoding Finance

1. How do you extend the value at risk framework to derivative contracts?

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