Day: September 27, 2013

  • Par Curve, Spot Curve, and Forward Curve

    When you hear someone talk about “the yield curve”, they usually mean the par yield curve (and, more specifically, the par yield curve for risk-free bonds (e.g., the U.S. Treasury par curve)), but there are occasions when they might mean the spot yield curve or the forward yield curve.  We’ll go through a description of…