The blog shares commentary on capital markets, interest rates, fixed-income securities, and the yield curve. Posts cover topics ranging from auction analysis to regime detection to yield curve similarity measures.
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The first installment of Salomon Brothers' Understanding the Yield Curve series laid groundwork for systematic yield curve trading that remains relevant three decades later.
Tags: Bond Risk Premium, Convexity Bias, ETFs, Fixed Income, Forward Rates, Par Rates, Salomon Brothers, Spot Rates, Term Structure, Treasury, Yield Curve
The 1985 Salomon Brothers manual on duration and volatility remains a foundational text for fixed-income risk management, providing rigorous analytics and practical applications that persist in modern markets.
Tags: Bond Volatility, Convexity, Duration, Fixed-Income, Hedging, Interest Rate Risk, Modified Duration, Salomon Brothers, Systematic Strategies, Treasury Bonds
A detailed examination of Lehman Brothers' repo operations manual from 2005 provides a window into pre-crisis dealer financing practices and market mechanics.
Tags: Collateral, Dealer Financing, Financial Crisis, Fixed Income, Haircuts, Lehman Brothers, Market Microstructure, Matched Book, Repo, Repurchase Agreements, Securities Financing, Tri-party Repo