Sunday, October 5, 2008

Understanding Overnight Index Swaps (ois)

Written by S. Wade Hansen Why Should You Care About OIS? Overnight Index Swaps (OIS) are not exactly a topic that comes up a lot in dinner-party conversation. In fact, it is probably not a term that comes up in a lot of conversations about the financial markets. However, it is an important concept to understand because the OIS plays a vital roll in a market indicator that many economists and analysts watch every day to determine the health of the credit marketsthe LIBOR OIS spread. This is the second in a three-part series. Par[...]

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