While traditionally one would trade bonds to make such bets, by entering into either side of an interest rate swap agreement, you would gain immediate exposure to interest rate movements with virtually no initial cash outlay.
In a typical interest-rate swap, one party agrees to exchange a fixed-rate obligation with another that has a floating, or variable, rate exposure.
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They hedge their own exposure to interest-rate risk through derivative contracts.
But data indicated a rising rate of pediatric exposure in recent years, at least until the film version was introduced in 2010.
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They did not have exposure to the incredibly high default rate and the sharp decrease in home values.
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Elsewhere, short interest on the stock skyrocketed by 54.1% during the past month, suggesting short sellers are ramping up their bearish exposure at a rapid-fire rate.
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But recent studies show that repeated exposure to combat may raise that rate to 6.9%, according to Dr Susanne McGowan, a consultant clinical psychologist with the MoD who uses EMDR therapy.
Insiders say the biggest exposure may be in the interest-rate swaps market, which is many times larger than those for credit derivatives.
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Long bonds usually have higher coupons than short ones, as investors demand a premium for exposure to the risk of interest-rate rises and inflation.
Indeed, brokerage stocks seem to have even less short interest, an indication that the sector is favored more than commercial banks, which have greater exposure to the hazards of interest-rate fluctuations.
The IOF will be charged at the rate of 1% on the adjusted notional value, acquisition, sale or maturity of financial derivative contracts whose liquidation value is affected by exchange rate variations and result in increase of net short exposure in relation to the calculated end of the previous business day, within the same institution authorized to record derivative contracts.
The additional exposure increased RadioShack Twitter mentions by as much as eight times their usual rate, according to a spokeswoman.
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Google scheme to gut tax exposure in the U.K. through clever legal foot work in Dublin, have announced a new multinational tax rate of 10 percent on profits drawn off of new patents.
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