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Financing cost in basis points
A desk pays a financing charge of basis points on a notional of . One basis point is . How much does the desk pay?
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Hint
Convert the basis points to a fraction of the notional.
Solution
- basis points is , i.e. .
- .
- .
- The charge is .
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