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1. P2.T6.710. Merton, survival time, and z-spread

Hi @David Harper CFA FRM Out of interest. How would you price a credit risky bond? So given that a bond has a credit curve (CDS) (flat or otherwise), a recovery assumption and there exists a zero curve off which to price from. What is interesting is that a z-spread is a flat rate added over a...
2. Theta of ITM Put option

Hi @David Harper CFA FRM, from the above statement I don't see why Theta would be positive? Since time and vol could push the put option out the money. Is the reason here for why a Deep ITM put will have positive Theta is that as time passes, volatility would be nearly negligible and that as it...
3. Exam Feedback May 2017 Part 2 Exam Feedback

Passed! 2,1,3,2,1 Thanks BT Team
4. Credit Questions

Hi @David Harper CFA FRM, Do you have any insight on the below: WWR: If you are short a banks stock, and the bank value falls, so the value of your short trade goes up..Is this WWR? Say you long a call from an airline on oil, if oil goes up the value of the call goes up, and the airline which...
5. VaR questions

Hi @David Harper CFA FRM, Thanks for answering the prev. question! I know you may be quite busy now, but I have some last few questions where I hope that you could please :confused: find some time to look at them, all VaR related: #Say, an index halted trading for 5 weeks, during that 5...
6. Difference between Marginal and incremental VAR

Hi @David Harper CFA FRM Just wondering about this (what do you think): Say, an index halted trading for 5 weeks, during that 5 week, would the VaR of a portfolio replicating the index be 0 or unchanged from before the halt in trading? Is it correct in saying here, that VaR cannot be zero, so...
7. Credit Exposure Profiles

Hi @David Harper CFA FRM I am trying to understand the credit exposure profiles in Ch13. For an IRS (Pay Fix, Recieve Float): The scenario in the notes where i_fix>i_flt initially, then reverses afterward, as the yield curve slopes upwards. Why initially when I am paying net on the swap the...
8. Funded vs Un-Funded

Hi @David Harper CFA FRM, What is the concept of "funding cost" being mentioned in the chapter? What is the difference between a funded derivative vs. an un-funded one? And what is the funding/liquidity risk related to? I understand it as the ability to obtain a loan and the i-rate one has to...

11. CVA Questions

*Please ignore the previous comment, I was trying to figure out how the quotes work. Thanks @ami44 , Why does our derivative portfolio increase in value as our credit spread increases though? I understand that the price of (new) derivative transactions will go up, but why would the value of...
12. CVA Questions

@David Harper CFA FRM On the DVA subject, am I correct in saying that (for our example), DVA is added to the price because as a counterparty you would need to be compensated for the risk of me defaulting. Hence, I pay a higher price, because DVA is the risk of me defaulting. Taking it further...
13. Hi David, Is the 2017 part 2 material up to date with the new objectives?

Hi David, Is the 2017 part 2 material up to date with the new objectives?
14. Exam Feedback November 2016 Part 1 Exam Feedback

Passed! Q(1,1,1,1) . Thanks BT Team:)
15. CVA Questions

Thanks David, that does make more sense. I was thinking about it from a price I would charge the counterparty as opposed to the price that I would pay on the transaction. So it's basically how much would I pay for a contract knowing that I am exposed to the counter party defaulting.