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Bloomberg: yield curves

How do I generate yield curves in Bloomberg? Type CRVF and hit GO for the Curve Finder. Use the amber search bar to search by keyword(s) or browse the list. Click on... View Details
  • April 2004
  • Tutorial

Yield Curves and Bond Ratings Tutorial

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.
To preview this online product, Authorized Faculty can call our customer service department at 1-800-545-7685 or 617-783-7600. This online tutorial explains what drives the shape of the yield curve for traded debt securities. Also describes the metrics used by rating... View Details
Keywords: Bonds; Investment Return; Financial Services Industry
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  • December 2023
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Intermediary Balance Sheets and the Treasury Yield Curve

By: Wenxin Du, Benjamin Hebert and Wenhao Li
We document a regime change in the Treasury market post-Global Financial Crisis (GFC): dealers switched from net short to net long Treasury bonds. We construct “net-long” and “net-short” curves that account for balance sheet and financing costs, and show that actual... View Details
Keywords: Bonds; Financial Markets; Financial Crisis; Asset Pricing
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  • 2018
  • Working Paper

The Impact of Pensions and Insurance on Global Yield Curves

By: Robin Greenwood and Annette Vissing-Jorgensen
We document a strong effect of pension and insurance company (P&I) assets on the long end of the yield curve. Using data from 26 countries, the yield spread between 30-year and 10-year government bond yields is negatively related to the ratio of pension assets (in... View Details
Keywords: Pension Funds; Investment Funds; Insurance; Assets; Interest Rates; Bonds
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  • December 2004
  • Teaching Note

Yield Curves and Bond Ratings Tutorial (TN)

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.
Teaching Note to (9-204-712). View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Education; Debt Securities; Service Operations; Measurement and Metrics; Performance Evaluation; Education Industry
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  • 26 Jun 2018
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Impact of Pensions and Insurance on Global Yield Curves

Keywords: by Robin Greenwood and Annette Vissing-Jorgensen; Insurance; Financial Services
  • 2022
  • Working Paper

The Fed and the Secular Decline in Interest Rates

By: Sebastian Hillenbrand
In this paper I document a striking fact: a narrow window around Fed meetings fully captures the secular decline in U.S. Treasury yields since 1980. By contrast, yield movements outside this window are transitory and wash out over time. This is surprising because the... View Details
Keywords: United States Treasury; Monetary Policy; Yield Curve; Central Banking; Interest Rates; Valuation
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New Hope for the Expectations Hypothesis of the Term Structure of Interest Rates

By: K. A. Froot
Keywords: Rational Expectations; Yield Curve; Interest Rates; Asset Pricing; Behavioral Finance
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  • 2016
  • Chapter

Forward Guidance in the Yield Curve: Short Rates versus Bond Supply

By: Robin Greenwood, Samuel Gregory Hanson and Dimitri Vayanos
We present a model of the yield curve in which the central bank can provide market participants with forward guidance on both future short rates and on future Quantitative Easing (QE) operations, which affect bond supply. Forward guidance on short rates works through... View Details
Keywords: Central Banking; Financial Markets
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  • November 2004 (Revised April 2005)
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Deutsche Bank: Finding Relative Value Trades

Deutsche Bank's Fixed Income Research Group is looking for yield curve trades to pitch to clients as well as for their proprietary trading desk. The group has data on recent bond trades and a proprietary term structure model, which they can use to develop trading... View Details
Keywords: Bonds; Capital Markets; Investment Banking; Institutional Investing; Banking Industry; Germany
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    How Quantitative Easing Works: Evidence on the Refinancing Channel

    When LSAPs are needed the most, simply bending the yield curve through purchasing government debt is not effective for stimulating the mortgage market (a key sector of the economy for the transmission of monetary policy). Purchasing mortgage-backed... View Details

      The Link Between Bonds and Individual Stocks

      Government bonds comove more strongly with bond-like stocks: stocks of large, mature, low-volatility, profitable, dividend-paying firms that are neither high growth nor distressed. Variables derived from the yield curve that are already known to predict returns on... View Details

      • June 2012
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      Comovement and Predictability Relationships Between Bonds and the Cross-Section of Stocks

      By: Malcolm Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler
      Government bonds comove more strongly with bond-like stocks: stocks of large, mature, low-volatility, profitable, dividend-paying firms that are neither high growth nor distressed. Variables derived from the yield curve that are already known to predict returns on... View Details
      Keywords: Relationships; Bonds; Stocks; Investment Return; Cash Flow; Quality; Risk and Uncertainty; Forecasting and Prediction; Profit
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      • February 1986 (Revised September 1994)
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      Travelers Mortgage Securities CMO

      Describes a series of collateralized mortgage obligations offered by Travelers Insurance. Provides a general description of the life insurance business and the role of life insurance in the capital markets. Also describes a variety of mortgage related instruments,... View Details
      Keywords: Insurance; Capital Markets; Mortgages; Insurance Industry; United States
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      • 08 Aug 2012
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Monetary Policy and Long-Term Real Rates

      Keywords: by Samuel G. Hanson & Jeremy C. Stein
      • 2023
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      Experimental Evaluation of Individualized Treatment Rules

      By: Kosuke Imai and Michael Lingzhi Li
      The increasing availability of individual-level data has led to numerous applications of individualized (or personalized) treatment rules (ITRs). Policy makers often wish to empirically evaluate ITRs and compare their relative performance before implementing them in a... View Details
      Keywords: Causal Inference; Heterogeneous Treatment Effects; Precision Medicine; Uplift Modeling; Analytics and Data Science; AI and Machine Learning
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      • 23 Jan 2013
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Cost of Capital Dynamics Implied by Firm Fundamentals

      Keywords: by Matthew Lyle & Charles C.Y. Wang
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      Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

      Financial Sector More Info The Impact of Pensions and Insurance on Global Yield Curves By: Robin Greenwood & Annette Vissing-Jorgensen JUN 2018 In this NBER working paper, researchers from the Behavioral... View Details
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      Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

      Nicola's other research here and Andrei's other research here . Related Themes: Measuring Sentiment & Expectations More Info The Impact of Pensions and Insurance on Global Yield Curves By: Robin Greenwood &... View Details
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      Bloomberg: Investment Management course tips

      How can I locate futures information in Bloomberg? How can I compare futures in Bloomberg? Government Debt Information How can I get data on government bonds, bills, and notes in Bloomberg? How can I generate yield View Details