Could a Second Wave of COVID-19 Bring Negative Interest Rates?
By: John Trefethen, Director & Co-Founder On Wednesday of this week Federal Reserve (“Fed”) Chairman Jerome Powell said that the central...
HedgeStar's Affiliate Company: Blue Rose Capital Advisors
By: Craig Haymaker, Chief Operating Officer Interest rates have never been lower. Yes, participants in the fixed income and public...
Interest Rate Risk
Nearly every organization has exposure to interest rate risk on their balance sheet. Understanding interest rate risk, and its various...
Mythbusters: Debunking the myths about derivatives
Derivative contracts are often portrayed as the bad boys of the financial marketplace, but this characterization misrepresents most derivati
Hedging Benchmark Interest Rate Exposures
Under the rules of fair value hedge accounting, a prerequisite condition is that the hedge should be highly effective in offsetting this spe
Fair Value Hedges with Interest Rate Swaps
The fact is, one leg of the swap does serves as an
offset, but the other leg delivers a wholly unpredictable result
that will vary, dependin