News and Upcoming Events

The Allure of 5% Bonds: Coupon Levitation Creates Magical Savings

January 30, 2012

See Dr. Kalotay's satirical piece in the Bond Buyer on the practice of issuing premium 5% refundable bonds. See also Bloomberg Brief commentary.

Americans pay $20B to Wall St for Bad Swaps

January 13, 2012

"Taxpayers have forked over $20 billion in fees for swap agreements in the past five years, according to Andrew Kalotay" in Bloomberg article

The Global Derivatives USA Conference in Chicago

Event Date: 
November 13, 2011

Deane Yang presented “A New Approach To Risk Neutral Valuation For MBS” at this year's Global Derivatives USA conference in Chicago on November 14-17th

CFA Society of Seattle Presentation

Event Date: 
October 27, 2011

"Making the Right Call With Municipal Bonds" Presentation. Inefficiencies in municipal market present investor opportunities.

Download and read our full presentation.