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BDY =
( FV − PP ) 360
× = Discount % ×
360
FV M M
Calculating Yields on T-bills (cont.)
FV 365 FV − PP 365
BEY = BDY × × = ×
PP 360 PP M
Calculating Yields on T-bills (cont.)
1000 365
BEY = .04945 × × = 0.5142 = 5.142%
975 360
Short-term Municipals
The exporter’s bank presents the letter to the importer’s bank which
stamps it “Accepted.”
The exporter’s bank may then keep it (and collect later), return it to
the importer’s bank (and collect the present value now), or sell it to
an investor (also collecting now).
Once accepted, the BA becomes a liability of the importer’s bank,
and they take the risk of non-payment by the importer (who is liable
to the bank).
Banks charge a fee for this service, and borrowers must also pay the
discount.
BAs typically mature in 30 to 180 days, but they may extend to 270
days. Usually the time to maturity covers the time to ship and sell
the goods purchased.
Jumbo CDs
Closed-end funds are like mutual funds, except that they have a
fixed number of shares and are traded on a stock exchange.
They are traded all day during regular market hours and the price
changes continuously throughout a trading session.
Closed-end funds may trade at a premium or discount to the net
asset value of the underlying portfolio. There are likely many
reasons for this, but there is currently no complete explanation for
the phenomenon.
Funds that continually trade at a discount to NAV are occasionally
liquidated and the money returned to shareholders. This gives
shareholders an immediate gain equal to the amount of the discount.
Exchange Traded Funds
Its arguable whether ETFs are derivatives, but I’ll consider them one type.
An ETF is very similar to a mutual fund (especially a closed-end fund)
except for several important features:
They are traded on a stock exchange and may be bought, sold, and sold short at
any time. Mutual funds can only be bought or sold at the end of the day.
They may trade at a slight premium or discount to their NAV. This premium or
discount is kept small by arbitrage mechanisms built into ETFs (unlike closed-
end funds).
ETFs are typically passively managed portfolios which results in them being
much more tax and capital gains efficient than actively managed mutual funds.
There will be some actively managed ETFs in the near future.
Until June 2002 all ETFs were based on equity market indexes (S&P 500,
Nasdaq 100, etc.). Now, there are a few debt market ETFs based on debt
indexes such as the Lehman Brothers 1-3 year US Treasury Index.
Examples of ETFs would include SPDRs, HOLDRS, iShares, VIPERS, and
more seemingly introduced every day. As of August 2005, there were more
than 190 ETFs with assets of over $260 billion. New actively managed
ETFs will be coming to the market soon.
Hedge Funds