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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824788103321

Autore

Kobold Klaus

Titolo

Interest rate futures markets and capital market theory : theoretical concepts and empirical evidence / / by Klaus Kobold

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, : W. de Gruyter, 1986

ISBN

3-11-090330-X

Edizione

[Reprint 2011]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 321 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Series D--Economics = Economiques ; ; 1

Classificazione

QC 210

Disciplina

332.8/2

Soggetti

Interest rate futures

Capital market

Hedging (Finance)

Portfolio management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER I : THE INTEREST RATE FUTURES MARKET -- CHAPTER II : INTEREST RATE FUTURES MARKETS IN THE CONTEXT OF PORTFOLIO THEORY -- CHAPTER III : INTEREST RATE FUTURES MARKETS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CAPITAL ASSET PRICING MODEL -- CHAPTER IV : SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sommario/riassunto

Above all the study is intended to shed more light on the following questions: - the functioning of interest rate futures markets, - the behaviour and transactions of economic agents in these markets, -factors determining the results of transactionsin interest rate future markets. Above we argued that these markets emerged in an environment of fluctuating interest rates to provide traders in financial markets with an instrument to deal with the risk stemming from unexpected price changes. It will be this hedging aspect of interest rate futures markets on which the following research is concentrated. The main points to be investigated are: - to what extent interest rate risk is reduced or even abolished, - the effects of futures trading in interest-bearing securities on risk and return of single assets and portfolios, - the consequences on the situation of participants in capital markets, - optimal strategies to reduce the exposure to interest rate risk.