True real yield

In this situation, the final cash flows are not indexed, and the price-yield relationship is identical to that for a conventional bond. This, then, represents the nonindexed component of the indexed bond. Its yield can be compared with those of conventional bonds, making it possible to quantify the indexation element. This implies a true real yield measure for the indexed bond. 

To estimate the true real yield, analysts use the Fisher identity, one variant of which is shown as equation (12.15). 

The real yield formula below has been taken from the Debt Management Office s Formulae for Calculating Gilt Prices from Yields, 15 January 2002 update, and it covers bonds with two or more remaining cash flows. The term quasi-coupon date, in the notes that follow the formula, means the theoretical cash flow dates determined by the redemption date—they are quasi dates because weekends and holidays may mean the true payment dates differ. 

It might seem that doubling a semiannual yield figure would produce the annualized equivalent the real result, however, is an underestimate of the true annualized yield. This is because of the multiplicative effects of discounting. The correct procedure for converting semiannual and quarterly yields into annualized ones is shown in (1.24). 

Duration increases as coupon and yield decrease. The lower the coupon, the greater the relative weight of the cash flows received on the maturity date, and this causes duration to rise. T ong the non—plain vanilla types of bonds are some whose coupon rate varies according to an index, usually the consumer price index. Index-linked bonds generally have much lower coupons than vanilla bonds with similar maturities. This is true because they are inflation-protected, causing the real yield required to be lower than the nominal yield, but their durations tend to be higher. 

Equation (9-113) shows that Eq. (9-114) is only approximately true and should be used, if at all, solely for low interest rates. Let us consider the case of a nominal (DCFRR) of 5 percent and an inflation rate of 3 percent. Equation (9-14) yields an approximate effective return rate of 2 percent, compared with the real effective rate of 1.94 percent given by Eq. (9-113) i.e., there is an error of 3.1 percent. Now let us consider the case of a nominal (DCFRR) of 2.5 percent and an inflation rate of 23 percent. Equation (9-114) yields an approximate effective return rate of 2 percent, compared with 1.63 percent from Eq. (9-113) in this case, the error that results is 22.7 percent. 

That is, the real function fix) is the solution to the minimization of Eq. (3) only in the absence of noise id = 0) or when the noise has zero mean (d = 0). This is, in fact, true for all L" norms with 2 [Pg.201]

Since it follows from Eq. (4.3.48) that Imftsl < Ilmf AU the second formula in Eq. (4.3.49) leads to the inequality AQs- y > AQa- j. To account for positive shifts, it is necessary that y > 0. Moreover, AQS > 0 and AQa < 0. However, with this conditions included, the first formula in Eq. (4.3.49) can yield only Relfs > RelfA, whereas just the reverse is true for real systems. 

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Here, rc is the yield stress during shear. The true contact area Areai depends on the compliance of the materials. For soft, rubberlike materials, the real contact area will be larger than for hard materials like steel (Fig. 11.2). 

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