InterestRate and AssetPrice Forecasting • If interest rates can be forecasted accurately, borrowers can borrow when rates are supposed to be the lowest, while lenders can target the[r]
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Interest Rate Forecasting & Hedging:
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Learning Objectives
• To understand why financial analysts today usually choose
hedging (protecting) against losses from changing interest
rates and asset prices rather than attempting to forecast interest rates or the prices of financial assets
ã Toexamineseveralpopularhedgingtools,includinginterest
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Introduction
• For actively traded assets, demand and supply forces are
continually shifting, such that investors interested in these assets must constantly stay abreast of the latest developments
• It is thus no wonder that accurate interestrate and assetprice
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ã Thereare,however,afewpredictableaspectstointerestưrate
andassetưpricemovements
• To understand these few regularities and how the financial
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ã Interestratestendtofall(anddebtsecuritypricesrise)during
a business recession, and rise (and debt security prices fall) during an economic expansion
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InterestRate and AssetPrice Forecasting
• In general, shortterm interest rates tend to be more sensitive
to business cycle changes than longterm interest rates on bonds and other capital market securities
• On the other hand, longterm asset prices tend to be more
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InterestRate and AssetPrice Forecasting
• There is evidence that interest rates also display seasonality,
tending to be higher at some times of the year than at others
• For example, some shortterm rates tend to rise through