Lecture 3: Swaps -- CDS, CDX, IRS, TRS, Basis Swap, Repo and Dollar Rolls

Starting with an introduction to credit derivatives, this video explains how credit-default swaps work. After covering credit event triggers, settlement, pricing quotations, discrete- and continuous-time pricing formulas, and CDX indices, this video also covers other swaps, including interest rate swaps, total return swaps, cross-currency basis swaps, as well as a review of repos and dollar roll funding with MBS. -- By Slides -- 1: Overview of credit derivatives 2: Overview of key terms 3: Introduction to the CDS product 4: Defining a "Credit Event" 5: Settlement Types: Cash vs Physical 6: Pricing Standards and Quoting 7: Discrete-Time Pricing Formulas 8: Continuous-Time Pricing Formulas (Stochastic Calculus) 9: CDX IHS MarkIt Indicies 10: Interest Rate Swap (IRS) 11: Total Return Swap (TRS) 12: Cross-Currency Basis Swap 13: Repos with MBS Paper 14: Dollar Rolls: Alternative to Repos with MBS 15: Painting the Full Picture