Finance
FairSpread
return the fair spread of interest rate swap
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Description
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Compatibility
FairSpread(swap, discountrate)
swap
-
swap data structure; interest rate swap
discount
non-negative constant of a yield term structure; discount rate
The FairSpread command returns the fair spread of the given interest rate swap.
Consider two payment schedules. The first one consists of payments of 5% of the nominal every month between January 3, 2008 and January 3, 2018. The second one consists of payments of 3% of the nominal every quarter between January 3, 2010 and January 3, 2015.
Consider two simple swaps that exchange the first set of payments with the second set.
Consider the same simple swaps that use the fair spread.
The Finance[FairSpread] command was introduced in Maple 15.
For more information on Maple 15 changes, see Updates in Maple 15.
See Also
Finance[CompoundFactor]
Finance[DiscountFactor]
Finance[FixedRateCoupon]
Finance[InArrearIndexedCoupon]
Finance[ParCoupon]
Finance[SimpleCashFlow]
Finance[UpFrontIndexedCoupon]
Finance[ZeroCurve]
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