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Carry and Roll-Down

A concept popular in the fixed-income space that focuses on assessing the expected return from holding (carrying) a fixed-income instrument,...

Positive Carry

A situation that arises when the cost of financing a financial instrument or a physical asset, such as short-term rate...

Advanced Premium Forward

A forward contract/ futures contract that has a flat/ constant contango over the course of its lifespan. Contango occurs when...

Stabilized Contango Contract

A forward contract/ futures contract that has a flat/ constant contango over the course of its lifespan. Contango occurs when...

Carry Arbitrage

A potentially riskless transaction which involves taking a long position in a spot asset (i.e., carrying that asset) and a...

Carry on a Swap

The carry on a swap, as with that of any financial instrument (e.g. a bond), is the difference between a...

Carry Rho

In essence, rho is the partial derivative of the option value with respect to the interest rate. Carry rho is...

Constant Contango Forward

A forward contract/ futures contract that has a flat/ constant contango over the course of its lifespan. Contango occurs when...

Benefit of Carry

The benefit of carry arises when the income gained on holding an asset (mainly, interest amounts or dividends) exceeds all...

Negative Carry

A situation that arises when the cost of financing a financial instrument or a physical asset (e.g., a commodity)- that...