GWO, PWF PerpetualDiscounts: Implied Volatility Goes Negative

The recent slide in PerpetualDiscounts has been particularly hard on insurers – and particularly the lower coupon issues in a continuation of the trend discussed in MAPF: February Performance.

In fact, implied volatility has gone negative:


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Both graphs have been prepared using the Straight Perpetual Implied Volatility Calculator and, for purposes of the theoretical curve, setting the implied volatility to 15% / 3 Years.

One Response to “GWO, PWF PerpetualDiscounts: Implied Volatility Goes Negative”

  1. […] time to time – in the spring of 2010, I noted that the relative prices for these two issues reflected negative Implied Volatility (which cannot actually be calculated because the math blows up). It happens. Sometimes, when the […]

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