“If you buy the one-year today for a year and then roll it over, I have to get 6%, ignoring compounding… If you think the one-year rate is not going to be at 6% next year, you'd buy the two-year.”

Harley Bassman · Alpha Exchange · Harley Bassman, The Convexity Maven

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Use the break-even forward rate (e.g., 1-year at 4% vs 2-year at 5%) to decide whether to roll a 1-year position or lock in a 2-year position

1-year 4%, 2-year 5%, implied 6% roll-over return

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