Inflation breakevens Introduction The Fisher equation is a way of decomposing a nominal yield into three components: It is expressed as: (1 + nominal rate) = (1 + real rate) (1+ inflation expectations) (1+ inflation…
Understanding Arsenal’s Floating Rate Note Gerald: All I want to do is get you in a straight bloody line! What do I have to do? Horse: Well it’s the Arsenal offside trap isn’t it? Gerald:…
Can highly recommend that pople check out the following book “The Cat and the Banker”. It is written by an ex-colleague Nadir Mehadji who has come up with a creative way of explaining a series…
FMT are delighted to announce the publication of “power: a practical handbook”, which includes a chapter by one of the firm’s principals, Neil C Schofield. From the cover of the book: “With world electricity…
FMT is delighted to announce the publication of a new text by one of the company’s principals Neil C. Schofield. “Equity Derivatives: Corporate and Institutional Applications” is a brand new text that covers the majority…
Over the last few weeks we have been thinking quite a bit about our website and whether we should record a number of online videos. This raises a couple of strategic issues: As we were…
One of our courses that has proven to be popular in the last few years involves the topic of inflation. This short note looks at some of the preconceptions that surround the topic. Inflation…
The website now has a simple option pricing tool available free of charge. The option pricer can be found on the following hyperlink: https://www.fmarketstraining.com/option-pricer.htm Users will be able to change the basic parameters of the…
One of our most popular courses offered over the last year has been around the subject of ‘banker conduct’. When we were first approached it appeared to be a request to do some compliance training. …
I remember the spring of 1984, as I was about to finish my MBA in Toronto. It was then I met the most important person at the business school. She was not the Dean nor…