Simplifying a LIBOR versus 24% minus twice LIBOR swap
Question
In a swap, party A pays LIBOR and in return receives on the same notional. Describe A's position in simpler, more familiar terms.
Short answer
A is receiving fixed in three plain vanilla swaps: receive , pay LIBOR, each on the full notional. Netting the legs, A receives , so A gains when LIBOR falls, with three times the rate sensitivity of a single swap. If the inverse-floater leg is floored at zero (LIBOR above ), A also effectively owns an interest-rate cap on notional struck at .
Adapted from Crack, Heard on the Street, Q2.39, p.30; question and answer rewritten by SelfMadeQuant.com.
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