
Richard Fedrick
Derivatives and capital markets expert and trainer on the London Financial Studies faculty, formerly Managing Director at General Re Financial Products and structurer at Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank.
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Sep 9, 2026
The Bonds Market - Richard Fedrick
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Richard FedrickGUEST
... dynamics in the secondary market, what, what I'm saying is that the price of a bond, which obviously drives the return that you get from the fixed cash flows, will be a function of prevailing returns available from comparable investments.

Richard FedrickGUEST
And obviously the most comparable investment to a bond is just putting your money in a bank account.

Richard FedrickGUEST
So bo- the return on a bond, if, if, if, if, if prevailing interest rates where you can, you know, oth- other things you could invest your money in go down, your 5% bond looks better and better, and better.

Richard FedrickGUEST
If your bank account's paying you 3% and you have a bond that pays you 5%, clearly you're, you're, you're, you're onto a winner.

Richard FedrickGUEST
So that pri- the value of that bond will go up because everybody wants it because it pays 5% rather than 3%.

Richard FedrickGUEST
Conversely, if general market interest rates are at 5% and bonds, the bond that was issued two years ago comes with a 3% coupon, that bond is unattractive because why would you own a bond that paid 3% when you can put your money in the bank account earning 5%? So the price of the bond will fall so that the yield or the return available on the bond matches comparable other- capital markets investments.
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