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1 suppose that the 9-month libor interest rate is 8 per annum and the 6-month libor interest rate is 75 per annum both
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1 a 100 million interest rate swap has a remaining life of 10 months under the terms of the swap 6-month libor is
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an index is 1200 the three-month risk-free rate is 3 per annum and the dividend yield over the next three months is 12
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